Welcome and Call To Action

Andrew Kreig, Cornell B.A. in history 1970, J.D., a non-profit executive and author

Trump Administration Threats, Impacts Local and Statewide

The Trump Train Is Headed To Tompkins County! 

What Can YOU Do About Threats To Science & Education, Free Speech & Other Constitutional Rights, the Rule of Law, and the Local Economy?

CRS Barn Studio, 2622 N. Triphammer Road, Ithaca, NY

Refreshments, Free Book on Trump DOJ To First 15 RSVPs

Point of Contact: Andrew Kreig

Robert G. Cantelmo, Cornell Ph.D. 2025,  Mayor, City of Ithaca

 

Deborah Dawson, J.D., Member, Tompkins County Legislature, former U.S. Justice Department attorney

Richard T. John, J.D., Member, Tompkins County Legislature and Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School

Risa L. Lieberwitz, J.D., Professor of Labor and Employment Law, ILR School, Cornell University; Past President, Cornell Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

Introductory Comments Andrew Kreig
Tompkins County Legislator Deborah Dawson
Richard T. John, J.D., Member, Tompkins County Legislature
U.S. Rep. Josh Riley
Click Here To See New Federal Policies Impacting Tompkins County

Introduction by Andrew Kreig & Panel Presentations

Artistic directors Steven Stull and Jeanne Goddard opened the CRS Barn Studio in 1990, which is available for rental http://www.operacowpokes.com/rentals.html  on special events and rehearsals. They have consistently brought together dancers and musicians from Ithaca, Elmira, Cortland, Binghamton, Geneva, Syracuse, and beyond, to present high quality, audience-friendly music and dance productions both outdoors and indoors

Q&A

Cayuga Lake as seen from CRS Barn Studio site (Steven Stull 2024 photo)©

What Can Be Done? Action To Protect Civic Life

    • Andrew Kreig, moderator
    • Risa L. Lieberwitz, bio above
    • Deborah Dawson, bio above

Cornell President Michael I. Kotlikoff, who presides over Tompkins County’s largest employer, a world-renowned research center, warned university alumni in May about the impact of a Trump Administration freeze on funding research at Cornell. “The impact of this funding freeze is immediate and devastating,” he wrote alumni. But Cornell has no role in planning the Town Hall, and individual participation is independent of university ties.

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Commentary

  • Anna R. Kelles, Ph.D., photo at right (comment delivered remotely), Assemblymember, District 125, New York State Assembly (D), Chair, Commission on Rural Resources and Chair, Subcommittee on Agricultural Production & Technology. Other posts include Committees on Correction, Environmental Conservation, Housing, Health and Higher Education.

 

Comments Invited

  • U.S. Rep. Josh Riley, J.D., (D-19th District), photo at right, Ithaca resident and member, U.S. House Agriculture Committee and Science, Space, and Technology Committees
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The new Trump Administration has ordered radical changes in such areas as education, civil rights, immigration and transportation that conflict with pre-existing local law and policy on civil rights and the social safety net. How should local officials — who have already charted the damage to Tompkins County non-profits and the local safety net — react to orders accompanied by threats of sanctions, forfeitures or even criminal prosecution?

The Trump Administration’s new orders (here, here and here, for example), are impacting universities, localities, businesses and non-profits across the nation. White House aide Stephen Miller, right, was threatening legal action against Tompkins County even before taking office, as shown here. See how Cornell University and local officials have reacted.