Central Current’s managing editor Chris Libonati joined Grant Reeher of Campbell Conversations recently.
Libonati and Reeher discussed the growth of the organization since it was founded in June 2022, the news ecosystem in Central New York and the direction of Central Current’s coverage in 2026.
You can listen to the interview by clicking this hyperlink.
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Housing advocates have heralded the legislation as a step forward for tenants. Now that ‘good cause’ is back, will it pass?
‘It’s like I was losing my family:’ Iranian students in Syracuse suffer through state violence back home
Iranian university students from Syracuse were cut off from news of friends and family as thousands died in Iran.
Sean Kirst: In Minneapolis shootings, a Lyncourt native wounded at Kent State hears familiar echoes
Tom Grace, one of 13 people shot by the Ohio National Guard in 1970 at Kent State, sees haunting parallels unwinding now.
Onondaga County to pay $100K to woman who in 2022 gave birth at jail to baby who later died
Cheree Byrd gave birth to her daughter Ayanna at the Onondaga County jail after jail and healthcare employees ignored for days Cheree’s claims that she was in labor. Ayanna later died.
Hochul proposes limited anti-ICE bill as Central New Yorkers rally for New York For All
Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed the “Local Cops, Local Crimes Act,” which would prohibit formal collaboration between local police officers and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
