radioNOVO News NY News Roundup for August 11, 2026

Good morning. Here is the latest state news across New York.New York Attorney General Letitia James is issuing a urgent statewide warning regarding a massive gold bar scam targeting residents. Fraudsters are using computer pop-ups claiming a victim’s device has been compromised, persuading them to convert their life savings into gold bars for "safekeeping." Police report the scheme has already netted thieves over one hundred million dollars across the state.In federal court news, the captain of a commercial boat that capsized in New York Harbor near Liberty Island over the weekend has been released on fifty thousand dollars bond. Authorities charged forty-six-year-old Manuel Hernandez with federal reckless endangerment after his vessel overturned Saturday night, killing a twenty-seven-year-old mother and her five-month-old infant. Investigators are actively probing whether the trip was an illegal charter operation.On Capitol Hill, Mid-Hudson Valley Congressman Pat Ryan is promoting new federal legislation targeting private equity firms in youth athletics. Ryan visited the Middletown YMCA to highlight his "Let Kids Play Act," which aims to ban private equity investments from pricing local families out of youth sports and eliminate hidden junk fees collected from parents.In crime news, State Police credit public tips for capturing thirty-two-year-old Thomas David Ryan in Schoharie County. Authorities suspect Ryan murdered his seventy-year-old father, Robert Ryan, in Orange County last week and set his house on fire to conceal the crime. The suspect remains hospitalized for pre-arrest injuries and faces pending murder and arson charges upon his release.And in storm recovery updates, flood-damaged communities continue rebuilding following late July's historic rainfall. While the Village of Coxsackie has lifted its boil water advisory, State Route 9J in Stuyvesant remains completely closed due to heavy flood damage to the Mill Creek bridge, with repairs expected to take up to four weeks.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.