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Mayor outlines housing, zoning rewrite and $38 million Southworks award in 2026 State of the City
Summary
In a 2026 State of the City address, the mayor named housing the top priority, announced a new housing development dashboard, previewed a citywide zoning rewrite and said Ithaca won $38,000,000 from the New York State Achieve program for the Southworks rehabilitation.
The mayor delivered the 2026 State of the City address, saying housing remains "the defining challenge of our time" and pledging measurable, durable progress on affordability and supply. He announced a publicly accessible housing development dashboard to track inventory, unit types and project status.
The address previewed a comprehensive zoning rewrite for 2026 that would permit small-scale multiunit housing—duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes and row homes—reduce most off-street parking…
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