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New York Isn’t Ready to Fight More Wildfires

Dec 8, 2024 | ecotopical.com | Nathan Porceng

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New York isn't ready to fight more wildfires

Dec 2, 2024 | poststar.com | Nathan Porceng

Joseph Nickischer can’t remember wildfires like this. “We’ve had fires that lasted this long, but not this big,” Nickischer, a former chief and current volunteer with the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department, told New York Focus. “You’re talking fire lines. … You’re not measuring them in a couple hundred feet.
NY Firefighters Not Prepared to Fight Wildfires, Officials Say

Dec 2, 2024 | firehouse.com | Nathan Porceng

Note: This story first appeared in New York Focus, a non-profit news publication investigating New York state politics. Joseph Nickischer can’t remember wildfires like this. “We’ve had fires that lasted this long, but not this big,” Nickischer, a former chief and current volunteer with the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department, told New York Focus. “You’re talking fire lines. … You’re not measuring them in a couple hundred feet.
New York isn’t ready to fight more wildfires

Dec 1, 2024 | grist.org | Nathan Porceng

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Joseph Nickischer can’t remember wildfires like this. “We’ve had fires that lasted this long, but not this big,” Nickischer, a former chief and current volunteer with the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department, told New York Focus. “You’re talking fire lines. … You’re not measuring them in a couple hundred feet.
Syracuse officer with history of abuse and dishonesty leads police union

Jun 18, 2024 | centralcurrent.org | Nathan Porceng

This story was produced in partnership with New York Focus. Sign up for their newsletter here. Patrolling Syracuse’s Northside neighborhood in March 2018, city police officer Joseph Moran and his partner saw what they thought was a hand-to-hand drug deal. The officers stopped one of the men involved, then handcuffed and searched him for drugs. They believed he was hiding something in his mouth and ordered him to open up.
Syracuse Officer With History of Abuse and Dishonesty Leads Police Union

Jun 18, 2024 | newsfromthestates.com | Nathan Porceng

This article was produced in partnership with Central Current. Patrolling Syracuse's Northside neighborhood in March 2018, city police officer Joseph Moran and his partner saw what they thought was a hand-to-hand drug deal. The officers stopped one of the men involved, then handcuffed and searched him for drugs. They believed he was hiding something in his mouth and ordered him to open up. When the man refused, the partner, David Craw, punched him in the stomach and pepper sprayed him in the face.
Syracuse Officer With History of Abuse and Dishonesty Leads Police…

Jun 18, 2024 | nysfocus.com | Nathan Porceng

Joseph Moran has long faced accusations of dishonesty — even from fellow officers — records show. Nathan Porceng · June 18, 2024 Joseph Moran's disciplinary records show he beat handcuffed suspects provided “disingenuous” and “self-serving” testimony about his conduct. | Illustration: Maha Ahmed
New York Jails Transfer Innocent People to Maximum Security Prisons

Dec 21, 2023 | shorturl.at | Chris Gelardi |Eliza Fawcett |Nathan Porceng |Joseph Neff

New York jails can transfer people with mental illnesses to maximum security prisons, even while they’re legally innocent. Chris Gelardi · December 21, 2023 Jail officials say they're transferring people to prisons for their own safety.
Demystifying the New York Parole Board’s Murky Decisions

Dec 18, 2023 | nysfocus.com | Nathan Porceng

In New York, many incarcerated people don’t know how to secure their freedom. A court fight could clear up the lethally opaque process.
Police discipline comes before the New York State Court of Appeals

Oct 16, 2023 | centralcurrent.org | Nathan Porceng

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a non-profit news publication investigating how power works in New York state. Sign up for their newsletter here. Donovan Richards was 13 years old when, he said, New York Police Department officers drew their guns on him and his cousin, subjected them to an illegal search, and told the two Black boys they looked like armed robbers. In 2006, NYPD officers gunned down Richards’s neighbor, Sean Bell.