New York State Thruway
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Sep 26, 2026
Kathy HochulSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Swiftwater rescue teams are deployed in Suffolk and Nassau County, close to where we're already seeing the flooding, and are ready to respond if necessary.
Kathy HochulSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
These teams are supported by our parks department and the DEC, and the state DOT and the Thruway Authority are also ready to respond with personnel and equipment pre-positioned statewide.
Paul StevensHOST
And this nor'easter is also bringing the threat of widespread power outages and coastal flooding in New York.
Paul StevensHOST
Thousands are said to already be without power.
Kathy HochulSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
These teams are supported by our Parks Department and the DEC.
Kathy HochulSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the state DOT and the Thruway Authority are also ready to respond with personnel and equipment pre-positioned statewide.
Kathy HochulSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
DOT has nearly 3,400 employees out there looking for damage on the roads.
Kathy HochulSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Cut and toss crews are also pre-staged to help DOT teams clear any debris.
KincaidHOST
Yeah.
KincaidHOST
crashed into a deer doing 78 miles an hour on the New York State Thruway.
KincaidHOST
Yikes.
KincaidHOST
You're
Rob GenovesiGUEST
And it was a Friday in June.
Rob GenovesiGUEST
And I'm getting on the highway, the New York State Thruway, about to go over the Tappan Zee Bridge to home, which was only about 20 minutes away.
Rob GenovesiGUEST
Yeah, but it's a long
Vicki NethlingHOST
wait.
Chris BrownHOST
716-427-0989, the phone number to get on board as we are back on the radio on 11:20 AM here in Buffalo, 12:30 AM in Rochester, 12:60 AM in Syracuse.
Chris BrownHOST
We're like the Thruway show.
Steve TaskerHOST
[laughs]
Chris BrownHOST
It's pretty cool.
ToddHOST
Yeah, no shit.
ToddHOST
But, Paul, when you drove out there, you didn't go in the New York Thruway, did you? When I drove? Oh, when? Because I've been on the New York Thruway.
ToddHOST
When you left New Hampshire to go to Indiana or wherever you are right now.
PaulHOST
Yeah, the first time I did.
ToddHOST
There's not even an exit.
ToddHOST
So you hit a toll and there's no exit and then you drive around and then you hit another one and then you hit another one.
ToddHOST
I was like, what the frick is this? $30 to go across the New York thruway.
ToddHOST
What a crock of shit.
ChrisHOST
... for them to figure it out because by Friday morning, so August 15th, the day this concert is supposed to start, the infrastructure as far as, like, the road system in upstate New York completely just collapses.
ChrisHOST
So the New York State Thruway and any of the local routes leading to Bethel, I guess Route 17B, I'm not from, we're not from the East Coast, so this is meaningless to us, become entirely gridlocked.
ChrisHOST
So cars are backed up at this point for over 20 miles.
AdamHOST
And in that situation, these kids are just pulling their cars to the side of the road and parking them, and then they just start walking.
RobHOST
I went with my now wife and we went to Albany to see the show.
RobHOST
And not only is that memorable, but on the way home in the rain, our car broke down on the New York State Thruway.
RobHOST
So I had to get a tow truck up somewhere near Kingston, New York, off the New York State Thruway.
RobHOST
And we couldn't get a car fixed.
RobHOST
It was a Sunday.
Tim GrahamHOST
She'd be calling probably from somewhere in the South Town.
Brian RyderHOST
I would guess the Thruway, heading here for the opener.
Brian RyderHOST
I'm going to guess.
Tim GrahamHOST
The first governor from western New York since Grover Cleveland, Kathy Hochul.
Lindsey GrahamSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He promises to be back in time to meet a man who's interested in buying their family's Cadillac.
Lindsey GrahamSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But later that day, Greenwald is driving along the New York State Thruway when he's pulled over by an unmarked police car.
Lindsey GrahamSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Two detectives approach and flash their badges.
Lindsey GrahamSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They tell Greenwald he's wanted in connection with a hit-and-run and needs to come in for an identification lineup.
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