Multiple Asteri/Estuary building tenants told the Ithaca Committee of the Whole they face uninhabitable conditions, mass evictions and tens of thousands in rent judgments and asked the city to use its platform to push the owner to cancel debts and stop evictions.

Several public speakers asked the council to intercede in an ejectment (eviction) action by Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services (INHS) against tenant Naya Foster, saying she fled domestic violence and that the transfer led INHS to pursue ejectment and county-court action in late July.