Bigfoot Country | radioNOVO News NY News Roundup for May 22, 2026

Good morning, We begin with high security and major traffic alerts as a sitting president visits the Hudson Valley today for the first time in fifty years. President Trump is scheduled to arrive at Rockland Community College in Suffern this afternoon to deliver an address on the economy alongside Congressman Mike Lawler. Local school districts are dismissing early today to mitigate a massive traffic gridlock. Motorists statewide are being urged to avoid major connecting routes like the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge and Interstate 2-87 between two and five p-m.That congestion will collide with a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend travel rush. Triple A estimates forty-five million Americans will hit the road, despite painful prices at the pump. The average cost for a gallon of regular fuel in New York is sitting at four-dollars and sixty-one cents—which is roughly a dollar-and-a-half more per gallon than this time last year. To keep those roads safe, New York State Police are launching their annual STOP-DWI holiday enforcement period today, deploying increased patrols through Monday to crack down on impaired drivers.Turning to Albany, Governor Hochul says major progress is being made toward reducing gun violence across New York State. In our region, Ithaca and Auburn were both highlighted on the list of communities that recorded zero firearm-related homicides during the first four months of twenty-six. Statewide, shooting incidents with injuries dropped seventeen percent between January and April compared to last year.Meanwhile, local school districts are getting some breathing room in the unfinalized state budget. Lawmakers have agreed to a five-year delay on a mandate that would require districts to purchase only electric buses. However, the budget does lock in a major boost for education aid to expand full-day pre-Kindergarten programs statewide by twenty-twenty-eight.And finally, New York sports fans have two massive reasons to celebrate. On the ice, the Buffalo Sabres have rewarded head coach Lindy Ruff with a two-year contract extension after he guided the team to the Eastern Conference semifinals. And on the hardwood, the New York Knicks are now just two wins away from the N-B-A Finals. Josh Hart dropped twenty-six points last night to lead the Knicks to a one-hundred-nine to ninety-three victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden, taking a commanding two-games-to-none lead in the Eastern Conference Finals.For more news from across the Empire State, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.