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News Director Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo sits down with the news team to discuss WSKG’s voter guide.

School was closed to students and staff on Friday. It will also be closed to students on Monday.

New York's 52nd State Senate District covers all of Cortland and Tompkins Counties and parts of Broome County.

Some student groups are demanding that the university overhaul its disciplinary processes and create minimum sanctions for sexual assault cases, among other changes.

A large crowd gathered on Cornell’s campus Monday afternoon to show support for a Cornell student, known as Jane Doe, who alleges she was raped by fraternity members on campus in 2024.

The university says it is investigating the vandalism.

On Wednesday, the university removed a sentence stating that campus police “shared all investigatory information with the Tompkins County District Attorney's Office.”

“If it’s factual, we absolutely should have been informed about what Jane Doe said to police that was not in her 6 page statement,” District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said in an email to WSKG.

Mayor Robert Cantelmo wants the city to place a moratorium on all student event permits, including Greek life gatherings. He says the university “failed to contact or coordinate any response with the Ithaca Police Department” following the alleged drugging and rape of a student in 2024.

The governor’s statement comes amid public uproar after a lawsuit filed earlier this month alleged seven fraternity members drugged and raped a university student in 2024.