Elias Guerra
Lower Hudson Valley Bureau ChiefElias Guerra is WAMC’s Lower Hudson Valley Bureau Chief. Their work focuses on climate and local accountability. Guerra has been published in City & State New York, Prism, and in public media stations across New York. Previously, they've investigated flooding in New York City, NYPD misconduct, and Islamophobia at universities. Elias received their Master's in Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School at CUNY. You can reach them at eguerra@wamc.org with questions, tips, or feedback.
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Former corrections officer Kyle Raven and several inmates were charged with smuggling contraband — including cellphones and methamphetamine — into the Woodbourne Correctional Facility between about January and August 2025. -
The Orangetown Planning Board voted Wednesday night to require a data center company to go through an environmental review before expanding, which the company hoped to avoid. -
Documents that surfaced last week indicate that the U.S. General Services Administration is leasing a warehouse at 800 Corporate Blvd. in the town of Newburgh that could be used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
On Tuesday morning over 3,000 customers in the Town of Rochester and around Poughkeepsie were still without electricity, said Central Hudson. Most were scheduled to be restored by Tuesday evening. -
The U.S. General Services Administration is seeking 67 parking spaces in a secure space that includes ports big enough for “detainee buses and vans" according to documents. -
According to the state Attorney General’s Office, state and local law enforcement initially responded to a 911 call reporting a suicidal person in Wappingers Falls. -
450,000 people on New York’s Essential Plan could lose healthcare this week. Some healthcare experts are warning that dozens of NY hospitals are at risk of closing. -
WAMC’s Elias Guerra discussed the Supreme Court decision on temporary protected status and its possible impact with Renold Julien, the executive director of Konbit Neg Lakay, a community center and advocacy group for Haitian immigrants in Spring Valley, a Rockland County village that is home to one of New York’s largest Haitian communities. -
The East Fishkill Town Board unanimously voted to adopt a three-year freeze on data centers. A data center 10 times bigger than the largest existing data center in New York was proposed in the area by Treetop Development. -
The former White House counterterrorism official and Army officer will face Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler in November. The campaign is likely to receive national attention as Democrats look to flip control of Congress.
