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"I think we still need to keep our foot on the gas, fight for freedoms that we can't just assume they are going to come."

"It is time for community, for colleagues, who are white, who have the ability and the privilege to be heard -- to take action."

As of Friday night, there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tompkins, but several are in isolation.

After the vote, she said her election is evidence that the legislature is not color-blind and respects what members of working families can contribute in elected office.