ALBANY, New York, April 25 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: * * * Funded Projects Will Support Housing Initiatives, Enhance Cultural Amenities and Recreation Opportunities, and Spur Economic Growth that is Compatible with Environmental Protection Announcement Pairs with Groundbreaking of 80-Car Peekamoose Blue Hole Parking Area Designed to Promote Safe and Sustainable Catskill Visitation * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced more t  more

MIAMI, Florida, April 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: A federal jury in Miami convicted the former Comptroller General of Ecuador yesterday for his role in a multimillion-dollar international bribery and money laundering scheme. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, between 2010 to 2015, Carlos Ramon Polit Faggioni, 73, solicited and received over $10 million in bribe p  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued the following news release: Dr. H. Jean Wright II has been appointed as the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Executive Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Mental Hygiene. He joins the agency from the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS), where he served as Deputy Commissioner. "Mental health is health and to promote a healthier city and achiev  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 24 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside 23 attorneys general, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule for light- and medium-duty vehicle emissions standards for model years 2027-2032. The final rule sets stricter tailpipe emissions standards for light- and medium-duty ve  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 22-cv-6273; W.D.N.Y. filed June 14, 2022) involving Capital Markets Advisors LLC, City of Rochester, New York, Rosiland Brooks-Harris, Richard Ganci and Richard Tortora: * * * On April 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York granted the Securities and Exchange Commission partial summary judgment against a New York-based municipal advisor, Capital Markets Ad  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 24 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a motion to intervene in a case to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule for light- and medium-duty vehicle emissions standards for model years 2027-2032. These include passenger cars, large pickup trucks, and vans. The rule sets stricter tailpipe emissions standards for harmful air pollutants, i  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The New York Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has opened an investigation into the death of Jesus Alberto Nunez Reyes, who died on April 20, 2024 following an encounter with members of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in Queens. At approximately 4:09 a.m. on April 20, NYPD officers responded to 39-21 103rd Street in Queens where they encountered M  more

ALBANY, New York, April 25 (TNSres) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Local government sales tax collections totaled $5.6 billion in the first calendar quarter (January-March) of 2024, an increase of 1.6%, or $87.3 million, compared to the same quarter last year, the lowest rate of growth since the first quarter in 2021, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. This growth was largely driven  more

ALBANY, New York, April 25 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: * * * Projects Announced in Ticonderoga, Cape Vincent, Lyons Falls and Waddington Project Renderings Available Here (https://dos.ny.gov/north-country-driny-forward-renderings) * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a total of 21 transformational projects for the North Country region as part of two economic development programs: the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) a  more

ALBANY, New York, April 24 -- The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: In compliance with the Open Meetings Law, the Onion Research Development Board gives notice that it will conduct a meeting on April 26, 2024, at 1:00 pm. The public has the right to attend the meeting at any location included herein. All reasonable efforts will be made to ensure the meeting is held in a facility that permits barrier-free physical access. T  more

ALBANY, New York, April 24 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following notice announcing technical conference (Case No. 23-E-0070) on April 23, 2024: * * * Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Address Barriers to Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure. NOTICE ANNOUNCING TECHNICAL CONFERENCE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Department of Public Service staff (Staff) will convene a technical conference, via WebEx, on Friday, May 31, 2024. The meeti  more

ALBANY, New York, April 24 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following ruling on motion (Case No. 22-T-0558) on April 23, 2024: * * * Application of New York Power Authority and Clean Path New York LLC for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Construction of Approximately 178 miles of Transmission Lines and Associated Facilities from Delhi, New York, to Queens, New York. RULING ON MOTION and ADOPTING AMENDED PROTECTIVE ORDER ANTHONY BE  more

ALBANY, New York, April 25 -- The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority issued the following news on April 24, 2024: The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced three agreements for multiple sites for potential renewable energy development in the Southern Tier, Western New York, and Long Island. Under these memorandums of understanding (MOU), NYSERDA's Build-Ready Program will work closely with Ithaca College, City of Niagara Falls,   more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Thomas Fattorusso, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation ("IRS-CI"); and James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today th  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States; Christopher A. Wray, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"); Matthew G. Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's National Security Division; and James Smith, the Assistant Director  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN COSTANZO JR. was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken to four years in prison for participating in a scheme in which his co-defendant, MANUEL RECIO, and others funneled tens of thousands of dollars to COSTANZO in exchange for COSTANZO providing sensiti  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 25 -- The National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: On April 25, National DNA Day, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will welcome a new statue, "The Ladder," celebrating DNA and children. National DNA Day is a unique day when students, teachers and the public can learn more about genetics and genomics. The day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and th  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on April 24, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released the City of New York's balanced $111.6 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Executive Budget. Mayor Adams' budget builds on the administration's actions, since last fall, to stabilize the city's fiscal outlook, and has positioned the city to backfill long-term programs that had only been funded with temporary stimulus funds while making the investments that do  more

ALBANY, New York, April 25 -- The New York State Department of Transportation issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: The New York State Department of Transportation today announced that it will host a public information meeting next week on a proposed project along State Route 36 between Broadway in the City of Hornell, and Webb's Crossing Road at the following time and location: * WHEN: 6-8 p.m., Tuesday April 30, 2024 * WHERE: Hornell Senior High School, 134 Seneca Street, Hor  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority was selected to receive $249.8 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the Solar for All grant  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: A Dominican Republic native and former New York City resident has been sentenced in federal court to 78 months of incarceration, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on his conviction for federal drug trafficking offenses, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge Robert J. Co  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency selected four agencies in EPA Region 2, which includes New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to receive a total of almost $625 million through the Solar for All grant program. The funding will be leveraged to develop long-lasting solar programs that enable low-income and disadvantaged communities to benefit fr  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Building on the Biden-Harris Administration's historic record of expanding consumer protections and standing up for airline passengers, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced today two final rules that will deliver automatic cash refunds when owed to airline passengers and protect consumers from surprise airline junk fees. The rules are part of the Biden-Harris Administration's wor  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of media availability on April 23, 2024: * * * Deputy Mayor Levy: Good morning everybody, my name is Fabien Levy and I serve as deputy mayor for Communications for the City of New York. How is this day different than all other days? Well, it's Tuesday and the mayor has once again convened senior leadership... I appreciate the people that got the Passover joke. It's Tuesday and the mayor has once again conven  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: THERESA, N.Y. - U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellesley Island Station Anti-Smuggling Unit assisted the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office on a traffic stop that resulted in the seizure of more than one million smuggled cigarettes. More than one million smuggled cigarettes not manufactured in the United States were seized by U.S. Border Patrol agents.   more

SPRINGVILLE, Alabama, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The Department of the Interior today announced more than $70 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for 43 projects in 29 states that will improve fish passage around outdated or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and other barriers fragmenting the nation's rivers and streams. Projects receiving funding showcase a diverse po  more

MANAMA, Bahrain, April 25 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: Sailors, Coast Guardsmen, and others gathered at Naval Support Activity Bahrain April 24 to observe the 20th anniversary of the lives lost when three USS Firebolt crewmembers thwarted an attack on critical Iraqi oil platforms during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The ceremony honors the lives of U.S. Navy Sailors Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Michael J. Pernaselli and Signalman 2nd Class Christopher E. Wat  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 25 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Jorge Garcia It was a festive affair as 750 athletes from the Hudson Valley, New York City, Long Island, and Capital Region competed in this year's annual Special Olympics hosted by the U.S. Military Academy April 20 at Shea Stadium. Hosted by the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, the event featured swimming, track & field, powerlifting, and the javelin throw, among other events and was   more

WEST POINT, New York, April 25 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following community news: By Eric S. Bartelt West Point Public Affairs Specialist The West Point Sexual Harassment Assault Response Prevention (SHARP) team hosted the Walk A Mile in observance of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) April 24 at the Beat Navy Tunnel and sidewalk area along Eisenhower Hall. The West Point community, cadets, staff and faculty participated in the walk to bring awareness and em  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2024: * * * President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 13,150 More Borrowers in New York, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt - New announcement brings debt cancellation to over 170,240 people in New York under Biden-Harris Administration Today, President Biden announced that 277,000 more borrowers across the country will get their student debt cancelled, including   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The White House issued the following readout of a meeting on April 23, 2024, with the owners of $1 trillion in worker's capital to promote strong labor standards: * * * Today, National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard and Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su convened asset owners representing over $1 trillion in public and pension fund capital who have committed to strong labor standards in their private equity investments. The White House also launched an initiative to pro  more