Twenty weeks of severance in return for stunning loss of ‘little safe community’: Eddie Velazquez in Central Current on new and better deal cut by union for 220 TCGPlayer workers who are losing jobs as company leaves town for Kentucky. centralcurrent.org/tcgplayer-work…

Syracuse police have access to a nationwide network of license plate reader data. Who has access to theirs? One expert believes SPD has opted into a data-sharing agreement with Flock Safety. centralcurrent.org/syracuse-polic…

Jimmy Spadaro and younger brother Sam were as close as twins. Eighty-one years to month after Jimmy was lost in Normandy invasion, Sam is warm, wry 98 - offering civic chance to honor one deep bond. My Central Current column, with Michelle Gabel images: centralcurrent.org/sean-kirst-clo…

Sam Spadaro, at 98, never forgets close bond with brother Jimmy: They both left school in junior high to work long days to help their immigrant family … before Jimmy died 81 years ago this month, at Normandy. To read my Central Current column with great Michelle Gabel images:

1 yr ago, I assumed most homeless families in upstate NY were placed in shelters, where they could get beds, food and help finding housing. I was wrong. ~1/2 of them land in hotels and mostly fend for themselves. Investigation w/ New York Focus + ProPublica: propublica.org/article/new-yo…

Strong night for left —Mamdani will finish well up in 1st round. —All challenged NYC Progressive Caucus councilors will win (10 total) —Left may add councilors (some AOC- or WFP-endorsed non-incumbents up) —More liberal (WFP-endorsed) candidates up for Syracuse & Buffalo mayor

For the third straight mayoral primary election cycle, Syracuse voters rejected the Democratic-endorsed candidate. Sharon Owens defeated Pat Hogan and Chol Majok in Tuesday's primary. Read the full story here: centralcurrent.org/syracuse-democ…

After teen is fatally shot outside crowded pool, new Syracuse parks commissioner praises young lifeguards for courageous response, remembers her own childhood in reaffirming sanctity of parks. My Central Current column, with #michellegabel images: centralcurrent.org/sean-kirst-aft…

After a murder at the Onondaga Park pool, Commissioner Syeisha Byrd, lifeguards and others have tried to create the best atmosphere the parks can provide: a quiet landscape where ‘kids are just being kids.’ By sean kirst centralcurrent.org/sean-kirst-aft…

The @nba is multi-billion-dollar colossus & beautifully eccentric 24-second clock monument in Syracuse honors rule change that made it happen. Yet until his death, few knew how one guy made that happen. My Central Current column with Mike Greenlar images: centralcurrent.org/sean-kirst-a-s…

An anonymous donor twenty years ago made a monument to one of Syracuse's famed inventions, the shot clock, a reality. Until his recent death, no one knew about the man who made it happen. sean kirst, there at the monument's conception, tells the story: centralcurrent.org/sean-kirst-a-s…

Councilor Chol Majok said he plans to call a meeting to dig into how Syracuse drivers’ information was shared with thousands of police agencies. Majok's call follows reporting by Central Current that revealed SPD had shared drivers' data. centralcurrent.org/syracuse-lawma…

ICE rattled a Central New York village. Then, its police chief partnered with ICE. centralcurrent.org/ice-rattled-a-…

In an event of historic meaning that one wildlife biologist describes as 'mindblowing,' nesting eagles are again raising their young near Onondaga Lake, of sacred meaning to #Haudenosaunee. My Central Current column with images by legendary #MikeGreenlar: centralcurrent.org/sean-kirst-at-…

Bill Simmons, executive director of the Syracuse Housing Authority, tells Deb Sur of the Central Current he has support of his board and isn’t going anywhere, amid fierce civic debate about SHA direction. The piece: centralcurrent.org/after-a-year-u…

INVESTIGATION: an NY Senate candidate reported contributions of $250 from several homeless people who told the newspaper that they never donated money to his campaign and that they were paid to submit contribution forms for the campaign. timesunion.com/capitol/articl…

NEW: I dove into what has been going on at Nob Hill Apartments for the past year: lack of heat and hot water, missing of safety fixtures, and the slow trickle of repairs. Here is how tenants are fighting back to bring what was once called “Snob Hill:” centralcurrent.org/from-snob-hill…

Cato ICE raid body cam footage records an agent saying: “They’re, they’re animals anyway. That’s what I would tell my kids all the time." nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-polit…

Once embraced as a student in Cazenovia, Gazan teenager turned refugee Medhat al-Rubei searches for a new life in an unwelcoming world. centralcurrent.org/a-home-for-med…

New: On Sept. 19, the after the Bills beat the Dolphins at home, a young migrant woman who had been hired to clean Highmark Stadium was arrested by ICE. It was her 1st day on the job. She was then held at the Niagara Co. Jail for nearly 2 months. investigativepost.org/2025/11/13/bil…