ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) — Tompkins County legislators will now decide how to proceed with the $500,000 in community recovery funds that Second Wind Cottages has turned down. 

The Newfield-based group’s executive director David Shapiro tells WHCU Tuesday’s announcement followed a decision made earlier this month. 

The Community Fund Committee meets Monday morning at 10:30. 

FULL INTERVIEW: David Shapiro on Ithaca’s Morning News