radioNOVO News NY News Roundup for August 10, 2026

Good morning. Here is your New York State Roundup.A four-day multi-agency manhunt in Orange County ended Sunday after New York State Police captured thirty-two-year-old Thomas David Ryan. Authorities say Ryan was safely taken into custody following a community tip in Schoharie County after fleeing a deliberate house fire on Thursday in Greenville. Investigators suspect Ryan killed his seventy-year-old father, Robert Ryan, before setting his home ablaze. He remains in state police custody facing murder and arson charges.In New York Harbor, federal and local authorities are investigating a deadly boating accident near Liberty Island after a twenty-two-foot motorboat carrying fourteen people capsized. Rescuers pulled twelve people from the water, but a woman and a five-month-old infant tragically drowned. The boat’s captain, Manuel Hernandez, was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment as the Coast Guard investigates whether the vessel was operating as an illegal commercial charter.In Albany, labor union representatives are calling for a comprehensive investigation following a gas pump explosion at the Department of General Services headquarters last week. Two municipal workers remain hospitalized with burn injuries, and union officials are urging state and local leaders to review facility safety oversight, contractor work, and equipment maintenance protocols.Down on Long Island, Suffolk County Police are investigating the death of retired NYPD Chief Anthony Izzo. Authorities say the seventy-five-year-old former commanding officer drowned in his backyard pool in Stony Brook Saturday evening. Detectives report no foul play is suspected.And in professional sports history, the basketball world is mourning the passing of NBA Hall of Famer Don Nelson at age eighty-six. Nelson won five NBA championships as a player with the Boston Celtics before spending over three decades on the sidelines as a three-time NBA Coach of the Year with the Knicks, Bucks, Mavericks, and Warriors.I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.