Odd/ Even Parking Enactment

City Offices Closed for MLK Day

City Offices Closed for MLK Day

City Offices will be closed this Monday, January 17, 2022, in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Holiday. 

Trash collection will not occur on Monday, January 17th. Collection will be postponed by one day for...

City Redistricting Working Group

City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick announced that he has appointed the City Redistricting Working Group.  The members of the group are Henrik N. Dullea, Chair; Seph Murtagh; Chris Proulx; Jared Pittman; and Katie Sims.  The Redistricting...

Statement from Acting City of Ithaca Mayor Laura Lewis

Statement from Acting City of Ithaca Mayor Laura Lewis on Support for Reimagining Public Safety Initiative & FAQ Document

The progress made to-date by the City of Ithaca’s Working Group to address Reimagining Public Safety led by Eric Rosario...

City and County Tax Bills Now Viewable Online

City and County Tax Bills Now Viewable Online

Holiday Tree Pickup

Department of Public Works crews will pick up discarded holiday trees between Jan. 3 2022, and Jan. 28, 2022. You can put your tree out regardless of your trash day, and they will be collected free of charge as time and weather allows.

All trees are chippe...

Common Council Approves Labor Contract Between the City of Ithaca and Police Benevolent Association

Common Council Approves Labor Contract Between the City of Ithaca and Police Benevolent Association

On December 1, 2021, Common Council approved a labor contract between the City of Ithaca and the Police Benevolent Association for a ten-year term commencin...

Community Asked to Submit Names for New Department to Manage Public Safety Functions

Reimagining Public Safety – City of Ithaca Invites Community to Submit Names for New Department to Manage Public Safety Functions

The City of Ithaca is inviting the community to share their ideas for what to name the department that will manage p...

Join the Planning & Development Board

JOIN THE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD!

Would you like to help the City of Ithaca continue to create a livable, healthy, and equitable city? If you do and you live in the City of Ithaca, we’d love to hear from you! The City of Ithaca is seeki...

The Show Must Go On! Donation Safeguards Arts Programming at the Youth Bureau

The Show Must Go On! Donation Safeguards Arts Programming at the Youth Bureau

A donation made in memory of Ruth Davis, the founder of what was formally known as The Center for Expressive Arts at the Ithaca Youth Bureau (IYB), will help increase opportunit...

Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative Publishes Translated Materials

 Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative Publishes Translated Materials 

(Ithaca, N.Y., September 23, 2021) --The Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative has published the plans approved earlier this year by both the City of Ithaca and To...

Reimagining Public Safety Website & Community Engagement Tool Launched

Reimagining Public Safety Website & Community Engagement Tool Launched, Community Input Sought on Unarmed Response & Healing Plan

(Ithaca, N.Y., September 8, 2021) -- The Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative invites the community to share their ...

City of Ithaca Hotel Room Occupancy Tax Information

City of Ithaca Hotel Room Occupancy Tax Information

The City of Ithaca wishes to inform and remind all lodging operators in the City, including short-term rental hosts, that they are now required to collect the City of Ithaca hotel room occupancy tax and r...

City of Ithaca Releases Analysis of 911 Calls, Officer Workload, and Staffing for IPD

Today, December 1, 2021, the City of Ithaca publicly released an analysis of the 911 calls, officer workload, and staffing of the Ithaca Police Department’s (IPD) patrol division. The Center for Policing Equity contracted the Matrix Consulting G...

UPDATE- GREEN STREET GARAGE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT- Home Dairy Alley Temporary Closure

UPDATE- GREEN STREET GARAGE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT- Home Dairy Alley Temporary Closure

Beginning Tuesday, July 27, 2021, Home Dairy Alley will be closed underneath the parking garage. The closure is expected to last through February. Home Dairy Alley will r...

Reimagining Public Safety Working Group Announced

Reimagining Public Safety Working Group Formed to Design City of Ithaca's Department of Public Safety

(Ithaca, N.Y., June 24, 2021) – City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick announced the formation of a working group that will serve...

TIMELINE CORRECTION- NYSEG Work Hyers St and S Albany St

TIMELINE CORRECTION- NYSEG Work Hyers St and S Albany St 

PROJECT NAME & LOCATION: Gas Utility Work South of Six Mile Creek – 500 block of S. Albany Street and Hyers Street portion  

PROJECT DESCRIPTION & GOAL: Gas main a...

Construction Update- Catherine Street Rebuild

Construction Update- Catherine Street Rebuild  

PROJECT LOCATION & DATES: All of Catherine Street: Lower half (nearest Eddy Street)- 2021, Upper half (nearest College Ave) to take place after completion of College Ave project. Updates will be ...

City of Ithaca Adopts Energy Code Supplement, Requires Net-Zero Construction by 2026

City of Ithaca Adopts Energy Code Supplement, Requires Net-Zero Construction by 2026

At the May 5, 2021, meeting of Common Council, the City of Ithaca adopted the Ithaca Energy Code Supplement (IECS), code requirements for new buildings and major renovati...

Green Street Garage Redevelopment Project

GREEN STREET REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

The Green Street Garage will be closing temporarily for reconstruction Spring 2021. Garage re-opening is anticipated for late Fall 2021.  

The existing Green Street Garage will undergo demolition this Spring to ma...

March 12, 2021 -City welcomes new Director of Sustainability to Advance Goals of the Green New Deal

City welcomes new Director of Sustainability to Advance Goals of the Green New Deal  

Mayor Svante L. Myrick is thrilled to welcome Luis Aguirre Torres as the new Director of Sustainability to lead the City’s Green New Deal initiative. &...

May 5, 2021- City of Ithaca Adopts Energy Code Supplement, Requires Net-Zero Construction by 2026

City of Ithaca Adopts Energy Code Supplement, Requires Net-Zero Construction by 2026

At the May 5, 2021, meeting of Common Council, the City of Ithaca adopted the Ithaca Energy Code Supplement (IECS), code requirements for new buildings and major renovatio...