I Love Pop Radio | radioNOVO News NY News Roundup for July 06, 2026

Good morning. Turning to news from across the Empire State.A massive police manhunt is actively underway across New York City after a masked gunman opened fire into a crowded holiday cookout near Coney Island, wounding eight people, including four young children. New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch reported that the shooting occurred late Saturday night in an apartment courtyard along West Thirtieth Street, shortly after a major neighborhood fireworks display concluded. Investigators state an unknown male dressed in all-black and wearing a ski mask approached the fence line and fired multiple rapid rounds directly into the family gathering before fleeing on foot. The victims range in age from six to thirty-seven, with a twenty-one-year-old woman currently fighting for her life in critical condition after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest. Police recovered a firearm at the scene, and detectives are investigating whether the mass shooting is linked to a separate gang-related homicide on the exact same block earlier last week.Meanwhile, Westchester County environmental and health officials are issuing an urgent public safety advisory instructing residents to completely avoid any physical contact with the Hudson River until further notice. The county wide warning was activated following a sudden, catastrophic electrical power failure at the Yonkers Sewage Treatment facility, which triggered an immediate equipment breakdown and sub-sequential sewage overflow directly into the river. Public health coordinators are strongly urging the public across multiple riverfront communities to suspend all recreational water activities, including swimming, paddle boarding, boating, and fishing.Up in Columbia County, the village of Chatham remains under a strict local state of emergency this morning following a severe holiday weekend storm system. Emergency utility crews worked through the night to clear extensive tree debris, remove fallen branches, and repair downed electrical infrastructure. Local administrators are ordering all neighborhood residents to significantly conserve public water usage and avoid traveling on local roadways unless absolutely necessary.And down on Long Island, competitive eating legend Joey Chestnut successfully secured his eighteenth career championship title at the annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. Braving brutal outdoor humidity and heat index values touching one hundred degrees, Chestnut dominated the men's field by consuming sixty-six hot dogs and buns in ten minutes, while Miki Sudo claimed her twelfth consecutive women's title.For more news from across the state, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News.