Preventative Programming to Reduce Violence
Tompkins County
Summary
Chair Brooks wants a budget amendment funding community programs — healthy-masculinity mentoring for boys, support groups for young women — to prevent sexual violence before it happens, in response to the Cornell/Jane Doe case. Several departments have pledged support.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 1
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 21, 2026.
Impact analysis
The amendment would add county spending, timed to minimize impact on the tax rate.
Young people countywide, especially in rural districts, would gain violence-prevention programming.
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