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How do I...?(Answers to Frequently Asked Questions)Emergency & Crisis Health Human Services Animals Public Records Public Information Voting & Elections Taxes & Property Licenses, Permits, etc. Courts & Jury Duty Employment Miscellaneous |
| Emergency & Crisis | |
| Report a fire, police, or medical emergency? | In Tompkins County, dial 911 |
| Get suicide prevention and crisis help? | Call Suicide Prevention, 272-1616 (24-hour) |
| Get emergency shelter? | Call the Red Cross homeless hotline 273-9177 (24-hour) |
| Get help regarding abuse or domestic violence? |
Call The Advocacy Center, 277-5000 (24-hour) |
| Get mental health crisis services? |
Call the Mental Health Clinic, 274-6200 (24-hour) |
| Health |
|
| Find out about health services for mothers and
infants? |
Health
Department |
| Find out about immunization clinics? | Health Department |
| Get information about West Nile Virus? |
Environmental
Health |
| Get information about communicable diseases? |
NYS Health Department |
| Get an anonymous HIV test? |
Call 1-800-562-9423 |
| Get information about water testing? |
Environmental
Health |
| Get information about septic systems? |
Environmental Health |
| Human
Services |
|
| Apply for public assistance? | Department
of Social Services |
| Apply for food stamps? |
Department
of Social Services |
| Get help with child support? |
Department of Social Services |
| Find out about foster parenting or adoption? |
Department
of Social Services |
| Find out about services for the elderly? |
Office
for the Aging |
| Find out about services for youth? |
Youth
Bureau |
| Get other human services information? |
Call Information
and Referral, 273-9331 |
| Animals |
|
| Report a rabid animal or rabies exposure? |
Environmental
Health |
| Adopt a pet; report a lost pet or injured
animal? |
Call the SPCA,
257-1822 |
| Report a dead deer by the roadside? |
Highway
Department |
| Public
Records |
|
| File or get a copy of a deed or mortgage? |
County
Clerk |
| File or get a copy of a judgment? |
County
Clerk |
| Find out about a tax lien? |
County
Clerk |
| Get a copy of my military discharge papers? |
County
Clerk |
| Get a copy of a survey map? |
County
Clerk |
| Get a copy of a tax map? |
Online: GIS In person: Assessment Department |
| Get a copy of a birth or death certificate? |
Vital
Records |
| Order a genealogy search? |
Vital
Records |
| Public
Information |
|
| Get a Local Government Directory? | County
Legislature |
| Get a County Legislature meeting agenda? |
County
Legislature |
| Get a copy of a resolution or local law? |
County
Legislature |
| Get information on the County Budget and tax
rate? |
Budget webpages |
| Read highlights of a Legislature meeting? |
County
Legislature |
| Look something up in the County Charter &
Code? |
Charter
& Code |
| Make a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL)
request? |
Call County Administration, 274-5551 FOIL law information |
| Contact the County legislator for my district? |
County
Legislature |
| Get Census information for this area? |
Planning
Department |
| Get a videotape of a Board meeting? |
Call the County Legislature Office, 274-5434 |
| Voting
and Elections |
|
| Register to vote? |
Board of Elections |
| Find out where my polling place is? |
Board of Elections |
| Taxes
and Property |
|
| Check the amount of County taxes owed? |
Finance
Department |
| Check the amount of current school taxes owed? |
Contact the school district where property is
located |
| Check the amount of delinquent school taxes
owed? |
Outside City of Ithaca: Finance
Department Inside City of Ithaca: Chamberlain, 274-6580 |
| Make a tax payment |
Finance
Department |
| Bid on foreclosed property? |
Finance
Department |
| Check a property assessment? |
Assessment
Department |
| Look at comparable assessments? |
Assessment
Department |
| Protest an assessment? |
Assessment
Department |
| Licenses,
Permits, etc. |
|
| Get a certificate of residency? |
Finance
Department |
| Get a fishing/hunting license? |
County
Clerk |
| Find out when hunting/fishing seasons are? |
Call NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation,
753-3095 |
| Get or renew a passport? |
County
Clerk |
| Get a marriage license? |
Contact the municipality where you will be
married |
| Register a new business? |
County
Clerk |
| Get a pistol permit? |
Sheriff's
Office |
| Get a building permit? |
Contact the municipality where property is
located |
| Get a driver's license or learner's permit? |
Motor
Vehicles |
| Register a vehicle? |
Motor
Vehicles |
| Courts
and Jury Duty |
|
| Get information about jury duty? |
Commissioner of Jurors, 277-4859 |
| Find a court record? |
Court Clerk, 272-0466 |
| Pay a traffic ticket? |
Contact the municipality where the ticket was
written |
| Employment |
|
| Apply for a County job? |
Personnel
Department |
| Get a schedule of upcoming Civil Service exams? |
Personnel
Department |
| Get assistance finding/filling a job? |
Tompkins
Workforce New York |
| Miscellaneous |
|
| Make a human rights or discrimination complaint? |
Human Rights Commission, 607-277-4080 |
| Find out about immigration/naturalization
services? |
County
Clerk |
| Find out about garbage and recycling pickup? |
Solid Waste Management |
| Visit someone at the jail? |
Call the Public Safety Building, 257-5316 |
| Find out about zoning? |
Contact the municipality where area is located |
| Get a bus schedule? |
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, 277-RIDE |