N.Y. Gov. calls for federal assistance after mysterious drones shut down airport runways
Mysterious drones in New York temporarily shut down runways at an Orange County airport, a frustrated governor said, calling for federal assistance and declaring that “this has gone too far.”
The New York Stewart International Airport was forced to close runways Friday night for about an hour “due to drone activity in the airspace,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement.
The airport received a report of a drone sighting from the Federal Aviation Administration around 9:40 p.m. Friday, said a…