Vice Chair, County Legislature· 2026-01-01–2028-12-31 (three-year term: the county Tompkins County Legislators page states legislators are elected and serve for three years with current terms 2026 through 2028; elected November 4, 2025 per Tompkins County Board of Elections 2025 Statement of Votes Cast , unofficial, certified results not located; begins January 1 per N.Y. Public Officers Law § 4, 1 and ends December 31, 2028; sworn at the January 6, 2026 organizational meeting; start shown is the current-term start)
Deborah Dawson
Tompkins County
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 30
- Total speaking time
- 4:33:31
- Avg per meeting
- 9:07
- Segments
- 4045
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Top issues during term (1)(Housing)
Decisions during term (6)
Recorded while Dawson was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Resolution No. 2026-188: Housing Target Market Analysis Funding
Resolution — Support for Planning Department to Use Budgeted Funds for Housing Target Market (ID #14306)
Res. 2026-105: Calling on Federal Government to Invest in Economic Development, Housing, and Infrastructure
Resolution Calling on Federal Government to Invest in Economic Development, Housing, and Infrastructure (ID #14061)
2026 Fair Housing Resolution (ID #13993)
Motion to enter executive session on emergency housing matter
Voting record (9)(Housing)
Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.
Resolution No. 2026-188: Support for the Department of Planning and Sustainability to use Budgeted Funds for Housing Target Market
Resolution No. 2026-188: Housing Target Market Analysis Funding
Housing scarcity drives affordability problems; helping one town build housing helps all county residents.