radioNOVO News NY News Roundup for June 05, 2026

Good morning from the radioNOVO state news center.A standard school day turned into a terrifying emergency in Onondaga County yesterday. Classes were thrown into an immediate security lockout at Catherine McNamara Elementary School in Baldwinsville after a substitute teacher spotted a suspicious individual outside the building. The instructor noticed what appeared to be a weapon and quickly alerted school administrators and the on-site school resource officer. Authorities rushed into action and took forty-one-year-old Brian Gould into custody. Police officers discovered a fully loaded handgun had fallen out of the suspect's waistband, and Gould is now facing multiple severe criminal charges.Meanwhile, state lawmakers in Albany are preparing a historic, nation-first vote before wrapping up the final hours of the twenty-twenty-six legislative session. The state Assembly and Senate are expected to pass a comprehensive one-year moratorium on all new large-scale data center construction projects across New York. Advocates argue the urgent temporary ban is vital to protect the state's electrical grid and prevent local consumer utility rates from skyrocketing while officials establish permanent regulations for massive tech facilities.In higher education news, several State University of New York campuses are celebrating a major financial injection. Thanks to the newly finalized state budget, multiple regional S-U-N-Y campuses—including Cortland, Oswego, and Morrisville—will officially split nearly three million dollars in state funding allocations. S-U-N-Y Chancellor John King Junior confirmed that the emergency financial resources will be used primarily to offset campus operational costs and directly replace revenue that otherwise would have been generated by a statewide student tuition increase, maintaining an official freeze on undergraduate rates.Down on Long Island, high-stakes jury deliberations are scheduled to resume this morning at the federal courthouse in Central Islip. Jurors are deciding the fate of Steven Schwally, who faces up to twenty-five years to life in prison for a horrific twenty-twenty-four mass casualty crash. Prosecutors prove Schwally was highly intoxicated when he drove through a busy Deer Park intersection and plowed entirely through a local nail salon, killing four people and severely injuring nine others. The panel deliberated for over five hours yesterday, sending multiple notes to the judge before pausing for the night.And sports fans across the Empire State are celebrating a massive opening victory on the hardwood. The New York Knicks are one step closer to an NBA championship after defeating the San Antonio Spurs one-hundred-five to ninety-five in game one of the NBA Finals last night. Star guard Jalen Brunson completely dominated the court, leading all scorers with thirty points, while Karl-Anthony Towns dominated the paint with eighteen points. Game two of the best-of-seven series tips off tomorrow night in Texas.I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News.