Erin Nolan Journalism

About Me

My name is Erin Nolan, and I’m a multimedia journalist currently based in Hoboken, N.J. 

I spent much of the past year covering New York City and the surrounding region for The New York Times as a member of the 2023-24 fellowship class. My work at The Times has brought me to a tiny school in the northern Catskills, the site of a fatal cargo ship fire, an overcrowded animal shelter and the New York City courtroom where a judge delivered the final verdict in the criminal assault trial of Marvel actor Jonathan Majors.

Previously, I was an investigative and breaking news reporter for The Times Herald-Record in New York, and I covered the North Shore of Massachusetts for The Salem News and southern New Hampshire for the Eagle-Tribune.

I'm originally from Hunterdon County, N.J. In 2019, I graduated cum laude from Emerson College — where I majored in journalism and minored in political science — after three years.

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Enterprise

For Older People Who Are Lonely, Is the Solution a Robot Friend? (The New York Times

These Small Towns Have a Big City Problem: The Rent Is Way Too High (The New York Times)

Quiet, Please: New York’s ‘Noise Cameras’ Are Listening (The New York Times)

Most N.Y.C. Drivers Who Honk Are Breaking the Law. Can They Be Stopped? (The New York Times)

Outsiders Were Among Columbia Protesters, but They Dispute Instigating Clashes (The New York Times)

Unhappy Animals Languish in Overcrowded Shelters (The New York Times)

Too Many Cats, Too Few Vets: New York City Animal Shelters Are Bursting (The New York Times

'He called 911 for help': Sons seek answers after NY dad is killed by police in his home (USA TODAY Network New York)

How one NY family is battling grueling legal system after father was killed by police (USA TODAY Network New York)

Thousands of elderly, disabled New Yorkers rely on home care, but there's a worker shortage (USA TODAY Network New York)

Warming stations: Where homeless can shelter from the cold and get a meal in Orange County (The Times Herald-Record)

Nursing homes struggle with staff shortages. Here's how residents are affected (The Times Herald-Record)

Sullivan County has the highest rate of opioid-related deaths in NY. Why doesn't the federal government recognize that? (The Times Herald-Record)

Newburgh to include African American oral history project in K-12 curricula (The Times Herald-Record)

Restaurants, a new museum and outdoor escapes: How Port Jervis is becoming a destination (The Times Herald-Record)

Breaking News

Marvel Will Part Ways With Jonathan Majors After Guilty Verdict (The New York Times)

As Jonathan Majors Trial Closes, a Duel Over His Accuser’s Credibility (The New York Times)

30 Horses Die in Arson Fire at Upstate Racetrack (The New York Times)

Four Takeaways From the Robert Menendez Indictment (The New York Times)

Woman Charged With Hiding Corpse Over Body Parts Found in Refrigerator (The New York Times)

In Gilgo Beach Killings, an Arrest Bears Out a Decade-Old Prediction (The New York Times)

Anger Erupts as Rabbis Who Started Fatal Nursing Home Fire Avoid Jail (The New York Times)

One of America’s First Women’s Colleges Is Accused of Paying Men More (The New York Times)

‘Definitely Confused’: New Real Estate Rules Sow Uncertainty (The New York Times)

1-Year-Old Boy Dies of Suspected Opioid Exposure at a Bronx Day Care (The New York Times)

For Families of Other Gilgo Beach Victims, an Agonizing Wait Goes On (The New York Times)

Weed at the U.S. Open? Some Players Swear They Can Smell It (The New York Times)

South Blooming Grove cleared county park land without approval to build road, lawsuit says (The Times Herald-Record)

South Blooming Grove, Monroe disagree over unauthorized road through forested land (The Times Herald-Record)

Current, ex-detainees sue over treatment of undocumented immigrants at Orange County Jail (The Times Herald-Record)

After N.Y.P.D. Sergeant Hits Man With Cooler, Mourners Call for Charges (The New York Times)

Man Shot Dead by Police After a Report of Stolen Fruit (The New York Times)

Lawmaker Is Left With ‘Lifetime Trauma’ as Attacker Pleads Guilty (The New York Times)

Court Sides With Catholic School That Fired Unmarried Pregnant Teacher (The New York Times)

Accused in Missing Man’s Grisly Killing: His Ex-Wife and Her Husband (The New York Times)

As Fatal Ship Fire Burns On, a New Challenge: Keep It From Capsizing (The New York Times)

Politics

Anticipating Cuts, Rural Schools Look to Upcoming N.Y. Budget With Dread (The New York Times)

Doctor-Assisted Death Is Legal in 10 States. Could New York Be No. 11? (The New York Times)

Attention, New York Adulterers: Your Sin May Soon No Longer Be a Crime (The New York Times)

Migrant Costs Help Push New York State’s Budget to $233 Billion (The New York Times)

5 Takeaways From Hochul’s State of the State Address (The New York Times)

What’s the Future of Wood-Fired Pizza in New York? (The New York Times)

A Plan to Move Police Reporters Into a Trailer Sets Off Complaints (The New York Times)

Taxing the Rich, School Funding, Housing: N.Y. Budget Battle Begins (The New York Times)

Biden in Yonkers: Why Republicans are celebrating as President 'energizes' Democrats (The Journal News/lohud.com)

Opioid overdose deaths in Hudson Valley climbing again after pandemic spike. Here's why (USA TODAY Network New York)

Why 'harm reduction' is the Hudson Valley's latest strategy for combating opioid deaths (USA TODAY Network New York)

Andy Kim Wins Democratic Senate Primary; Rob Menendez Survives Challenge (The New York Times)

NUCLEAR DECISIONS: THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DON’T ALL AGREE ON (The Boston Institute For Nonprofit Journalism)

Photojournalism

Recent Reporting

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Judge Dismisses Suit Seeking to Ban Smoking in Atlantic City Casinos

A judge dismissed a lawsuit on Friday that sought to ban smoking in Atlantic City, N.J., casinos, a blow to workers who argued that a loophole exempting the establishments from a statewide ban on indoor smoking forced them to work in a “poisonous” environment. The exemption, the judge said, did not keep workers from pursuing employment in smoke-free environments.In his ruling, the judge, Patrick J. Bartels, said the exemption in the state’s Smoke-Free Air Act — passed in 2006 by New Jersey legis...
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For Older People Who Are Lonely, Is the Solution a Robot Friend?

In the months after her husband of 65 years died, Dorothy Elicati said she did nothing but cry.“We had a beautiful relationship, and I miss him like I would miss my right arm,” Ms. Elicati, 84, said.Being alone in the house felt unbearable, she said, and she might have “lost her mind” — if it weren’t for a robot named ElliQ.“She’s the closest thing to a human that I could have in my home, and she makes me feel cared for,” said Ms. Elicati, who lives in Orangetown, N.Y., just north of New York Ci...
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Most N.Y.C. Drivers Who Honk Are Breaking the Law. Can They Be Stopped?

Hardly a second had passed since the light turned green, but there was already a symphony of honks and beeps and toots urging traffic forward on Columbus Avenue. About a minute later, a deep, foghorn-like honk rumbled from a dump truck as it turned onto 89th Street.It was a typical weekday morning on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Speaking loudly over the horns of impatient drivers, several locals said in interviews that they were unbothered by the constant honking.“I think I’m so used to it...
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New York Prisoners, Denied a Solar Eclipse Viewing, Sue the State

When the moon crosses in front of the sun on Monday afternoon and, for a few minutes, casts a shadow over much of New York State, millions of people will be able to witness the rare celestial event just by looking up. Inmates in the state’s prisons will not.Last month, the state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced that, because of safety concerns, all New York prisons would be locked down during the solar eclipse.In response, six men at an upstate prison filed a feder...
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Anticipating Cuts, Rural Schools Look to Upcoming N.Y. Budget With Dread

Though it has just 215 students, in kindergarten through 12th grade, Franklin Central School is the heart of its northern Catskills community.The three Main Street restaurants in the village of Franklin, N.Y., rely on the business of students, staff and their families to stay afloat, and nearly every community event — from the annual senior luncheon to the farmers’ market — is run with the help of student volunteers.“The village and school just kind of mesh together,” said Amanda Groff, 44, who...
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These Small Towns Have a Big City Problem: The Rent Is Way Too High

It had become unbearable for Troy Mongillo and his girlfriend, Amanda Pabon, to spend time at home. The construction noise was constant, utilities were frequently shut off, and the insulation beneath their apartment was removed just before winter as the new owners of their building in Beacon, N.Y., renovated the vacant retail space downstairs into a trendy bar. So they decided to move.But the couple quickly discovered what has become a reality in Beacon and the rest of the Hudson Valley, directl...
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Woman Charged With Hiding Corpse Over Body Parts Found in Refrigerator

A Brooklyn woman was charged this week with concealing a human corpse after the police found a head and other body parts in garbage bags stuffed in her refrigerator, officials said on Friday.The remains were discovered by officers responding to a tip from someone who said they had seen what looked like a human head in a black bag in the refrigerator at the apartment of the woman, Heather Stines, according to court records.Ms. Stines was alone at the apartment, in the East Flatbush section, when...
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Marvel Will Part Ways With Jonathan Majors After Guilty Verdict

Jonathan Majors, who was one of Hollywood’s fastest-rising stars before misdemeanor domestic-violence charges halted his ascent, was found guilty of assault and harassment on Monday for attacking his girlfriend in a car in Manhattan.Shortly after a six-person jury in Manhattan announced the verdict, Marvel Studios parted ways with the actor, a spokeswoman for the company said.The jury acquitted Mr. Majors on two counts that had required prosecutors to show that he had acted with intent — one of...
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As Jonathan Majors Trial Closes, a Duel Over His Accuser’s Credibility

A lawyer for the actor Jonathan Majors in her closing argument at trial on Thursday attacked an ex-girlfriend who has accused Mr. Majors of assault, calling her a liar who had injured herself but had pinned the blame on her boyfriend to punish him for straying.A prosecutor countered that Mr. Majors had been an abusive boyfriend and that the evidence bore out the accusations: The actor had assaulted and harassed his girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, as they rode in a hired S.U.V. in March.The competing...
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'He called 911 for help': Sons seek answers after NY dad is killed by police in his home

'He called 911 for help': Sons seek answers after NY dad is killed by police in his home

WALTON, NY — Paul Joseph Weeden Sr. spent the last years of his life trying to become a better man.

“He couldn't get around as much anymore,” said Weeden’s son, Paul Weeden Jr., adding that the 66-year-old had multiple health conditions related to years of heavy smoking. “He realized how much of his life he wasted and all the things he wished he could have done. He was terrified of being alone … When you a

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