Svante Myrick is a Mayor leading with compassion. And social impact. First, he pulled Ithaca out of a $3.5 million deficit after just 2 years in office. But maybe his most innovative accomplishment is in public health: Svante and Ithaca have set up the country’s 1st supervised heroin injection site.

1. Government Has The Power To Heal
Svante Myrick is a Mayor leading with compassion. And social impact.
First, he pulled Ithaca out of a $3.5 million deficit after just 2 years in office. But maybe his
most innovative accomplishment is in public health: Svante and Ithaca have set up the
country’s 1st supervised heroin injection site.
Svante’s dad
battled addiction
so he knows a
little about what
it can do to a
family and a
community.
He started the
program after a
2-year study
found that
providing users
with a medically
supervised safe
space to use
diminished
overdoses and increased rehab participation.
That means less money spent on sending non-violent folks to prison or covering the costs
of overdoses. Plus when they get therapy the chance of them recovering goes way up.
Healthy communities and healthy families -- that’s what’s up.
Lest you think he’s some kind of superhero, Svante reminds us all that:
"This is not the story of a self-made man. This is the story of a community that conspired
to raise a child. That's the truth.”
Svante believes in community, and we’re digging his style of leadership.