radioNOVO News NY News Roundup for September 10, 2026

Good morning. Here is your New York State Roundup.Security is locked down across Lower Manhattan as New York City prepares for Friday’s historic twenty-fifth anniversary September eleventh commemoration. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced enhanced security measures including counterterrorism drones, heavy weapons teams, and Secret Service support. The solemn milestone will feature seven moments of silence, including a new moment to honor thousands of responders and survivors who have died from toxic exposures.That ceremony comes as newly unsealed city records confirm what first responders have claimed for decades. Newly released documents show city officials detected asbestos and toxic air quality for up to ten months following the World Trade Center collapse, despite public assurances at the time that the air was safe. Firefighter union leaders say the withheld data delayed critical medical treatments for thousands now suffering from ninety-eleven-related cancers.In educational news affecting classrooms statewide, the American Federation of Teachers has struck a landmark deal with Microsoft regarding artificial intelligence. The first-of-its-kind agreement prevents tech companies from tracking students or using teacher and student data to train artificial intelligence models. The pact also bans automated systems from making independent grading or disciplinary decisions without human oversight.It comes as a new national study by WalletHub ranks New York's public school system eighth best in the country. While the Empire State leads the nation at number one for per-student spending, it scored nineteenth for overall in-school safety.In Western New York, a tour bus driver convicted in a tragic New York State Thruway rollover crash faces sentencing today in Genesee County. Bin Shao pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide after his bus flipped in Pembroke last August, killing five passengers and injuring dozens more after he became distracted trying to retrieve a loose water bottle.And in Long Island, a veteran stunt pilot miraculously escaped injury after his engine failed mid-air. Sixty-two-year-old David Windmiller successfully glided his aircraft into an empty parking lot at Robert Moses State Park within forty seconds of power loss.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.