NEW YORK, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 5 on changing compensation costs in the New York metropolitan area for September 2020: Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 1.9 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA metropolitan area for the year ended September 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief Regional Economist Martin  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 4 on consumer expenditures for the New York metropolitan area for 2018-19: Households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, metropolitan area spent an average of $73,806 per year in 2018-19, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli noted that this figure was significantly highe  more

UPTON, New York, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: Stephen Schwartz, a senior scientist emeritus at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and adjunct professor at Stony Brook University, has received the International Aerosol Research Assembly's (IARA) 2020 International Aerosol Fellow Award. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding contributions to aerosol science and technology throug  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion and order (Court No. 20-00069): BUILDING SYSTEMS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and FULL MEMBER SUBGROUP OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION, LLC and COREY S.A. DE C.V., Defendant-Intervenors. Before: Claire R. Kelly, Judge OPINION AND ORDER [Denying Defendant's motion to dismiss.] Matthew R. Nicely, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, of Washington, DC  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 19-00211): JINXIANG INFANG FRUIT & VEGETABLE CO., LTD., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and FRESH GARLIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, CHRISTOPHER RANCH, L.L.C., THE GARLIC COMPANY, and VALLEY GARLIC, Defendant-Intervenors. Before: Leo M. Gordon, Judge OPINION [Commerce's New Shipper Review sustained.] Dated: November 5, 2020 Gregory Stephen Menegaz, Alexandra H. Salzman, and John Jose  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 16-00257): UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, v. NYWL ENTERPRISES INC., Defendant. Before: Mark A. Barnett, Judge OPINION AND ORDER [Plaintiff's motion for the entry of default judgment is denied.] Jason M. Kenner, Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, of New York, NY for Plaintiff United States. With him on the brief were Ethan P. Davis,  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Nov. 5: Today, on the 30th anniversary of the Pollution Prevention Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an award of nearly $175,000 in a Source Reduction Assistance Grant to the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) at Rochester Institute of Technology. This grant will fund innovative, cost-effective, replicable source reduction approaches to save energy and wat  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Nov. 4: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY ELLISON, a/k/a "Harv," was sentenced to 288 months in prison in connection with his participation in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods ("Nine Trey"), the July 22, 2018, kidnapping of Daniel Hernandez, a/k/a "Tekashi 6ix 9ine," and the October 24, 2018  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Nov. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Nov. 3: A Newburgh, New York, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to attempting to produce child pornography after soliciting sexually explicit photos and videos of two 8-year-old twin sisters in Missouri. Charles Junious Adams, 38, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps, Jr., to one count of attempting to produce child pornogra  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release on Nov. 5: A New York man today admitted he defrauded credit card companies of hundreds of thousands of dollars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. James Olla, 28, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez to one count of a superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to sell, receive or po  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Five union members have pled guilty to defrauding their union's health care benefit program. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon; Michael C. Mikulka, Special Agent in Charge, New York Region, United States Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General (DOL-OIG); and Carol Hamilton, Boston Regional Director of the Empl  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on Nov. 5: Jhajuan Sabb, age 21, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to threatening to attack the Troy Police Department during a June 2020 demonstration. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In pleadin  more

BUFFALO, New York, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, James P. Kennedy Jr., issued the following news release on Nov. 4: U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Omar Vera-Velazquez, 23, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine. Assistant   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named Ahna Wilson as superintendent of Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, New York. She will also oversee the management of Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York. "These buildings, places and events associated with our nation's struggle for freedom, equality and women's righ  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 7 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release on Nov. 6: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today announced the selection of additional counterparties to support, as applicable, the Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF) and the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF). By widening the eligibility criteria for counterparties and agents for these 13(3) facilities, the New York Fed is furthering its commitment to support diversity, inclu  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Nov. 5: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring 75 truck carriers, logistics providers and freight shippers as industry leaders in supply chain environmental performance and energy efficiency with its annual SmartWay Excellence Awards. This year's awardees, announced at a virtual award ceremony hosted by the EPA, represent the top performing SmartWay Partners that move more goo  more