Welcome to Central Current
Central Current is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newspaper for people building a life in Central New York.
We provide fact-based news and analysis about the challenges, solutions and opportunities we all share, and our reporting is available paywall-free through our website, newsletter and social media.
We strive to be an inclusive and responsive resource for news and information. Our goal is to foster civic engagement and democratic governance, and to help build a more prosperous and healthy community.
Our History
Central Current launched in 2022 with the goal of equipping Central New Yorkers with better information about our community. We want to help you feel prepared when you enter the voting booth, informed about the projects and investments shaping our region, and connected to the opportunities and challenges we all share as CNY residents.
Our newsroom publishes exclusively community-focused reporting that is independent and ad-free. We pledge never to hide our articles behind a paywall because we believe that everyone deserves access to reliable local reporting.
We are a nonprofit sustained by support from our readers, grants, and underwriting from local businesses rather than advertisers and corporate shareholders. Donations made to our newsroom stay here in the community and directly support our reporting.
At a time when distrust of the media is at a record high, we are working to repair that relationship locally through transparent, accessible, and fact-based journalism.
Central Current has been awarded 16 Syracuse Press Club awards, including first prize for investigative journalism in 2025.
Central Current is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. EIN: 86-1656116