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Meet the Candidate
Hannah Shvets

Hannah is a local Ithacan and second-year student at Cornell’s School of ILR, studying Labor Relations with the goal of working in the labor movement. She's lived in Ithaca since 2016, when she moved here with her family. Hannah attended Ithaca High School and has been outspoken about injustices in Ithaca since her time as an editor of The Tattler, IHS's newspaper. Hannah has worked with political and community organizations both on and off-campus, including Cornell YDSA, Ithaca DSA, Ithaca Tenants Union, Ithaca Teachers Association, UAW Local 2300, and the Just Cause Coalition. With these organizations, she has advocated for workers and tenants, canvassing, writing op-eds, helping with planning campaigns, and more. She's an intern at the Tompkins County Worker Center, where she works on the Living Wage Campaign, Just Cause, and staffs the Workers' Rights Hotline. She has also done research on the intersection between climate and labor for the Climate Jobs Institute in New York City, as well as for the ILR Workers Institute. Hannah's priority is to make Ithaca more affordable and just for all Ithacans, through policies that address housing, labor, infrastructure, and the environment. She’s running as a Democrat for Ward 5 Common Council, with the endorsement of the Working Families Party. 

Supporters

Hannah’s campaign for Ward 5 has been endorsed by the following supporters

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Cornell YDSA

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Ithaca DSA

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Ithaca Sunrise

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Ithaca Tenants Union

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New York Working Families Party