radioNOVO News NY News Roundup for August 28, 2026

Good morning.Landmarks across New York are glowing pink in honor of country music icon Dolly Parton. Governor Kathy Hochul announced seventeen state landmarks—along with digital D-O-T highway signs statewide—are featuring special tributes to the late music legend. In Lower Manhattan, transit workers quickly removed an unauthorized subway sign that briefly renamed the Fulton Street station "Dolly Parton Street," while state highway signs now feature messages like "I Will Always Love Safe Driving."In Western New York legal news, a federal bankruptcy judge is aiming to wrap up the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo’s six-year bankruptcy proceedings before the end of the year. Following a packed court hearing, the judge ordered updates to a proposed three-hundred-twenty-six million dollar child sex abuse settlement, clearing the way for hundreds of survivors to formally vote on the deal in the coming weeks.At the state capital, law enforcement agencies across New York are joining an investigation into Albany County's former employee benefits administrator. County Executive Dan McCoy confirmed payments to Preferred Group Plans were frozen after county workers reported their pre-tax health cards were repeatedly declined for medical expenses. District Attorney Lee Kindlon confirmed state authorities are examining the company's financial operations.In municipal action in the Southern Tier, the Olean Common Council voted four to two to ban camping and sleeping on public property. The new ordinance institutes fines ranging from fifty to two-hundred-fifty dollars for violations, aimed at directing individuals toward local social services—though critics argue the penalties fail to address the regional shortage of emergency shelter beds.And the Great New York State Fair continues in Syracuse, drawing crowds to view the fifty-eighth annual eight-hundred-pound butter sculpture celebrating Empire State history. Southern Tier vendors are also front and center at the fair’s Taste N-Y showcase in the Horticulture Building, featuring regional favorites like Sidney’s Awestruck Ciders alongside local agricultural producers from across the state.For more news from across the Empire State, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.