NEW YORK, Nov. 18 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on Nov. 17: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAMES T. BOOTH was sentenced in Manhattan federal court today to 42 months in prison in connection with his years-long scheme to defraud customers of his financial services firm, Booth Financial Associates ("Booth Financial"), of nearly $5 mi  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following joint news release: Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT have completed the second and final phase of the Ticketed Waiting Area refresh at New York Penn Station at the Amtrak Concourse on the Upper Level and 8th Avenue side of the Station. The project, which includes a $7.2 million total joint investment between Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT, features new furniture and fixtures, including seats with electrical and USB outle  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release: As Amtrak continues to deliver a New Standard of Travel to simplify and safeguard the travel experience, customers and employees will experience new updates at New York Penn Station. This includes the installation of an Ultraviolet Germicidal irradiation (UVGI) system in one of the Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) units in the Amtrak concourse, refreshed platforms and new  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report by Corinne N. Thompson: Summary What is already known about this topic? New York City (NYC) was an early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. What is added by this report? Approximately 203,000 cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were reported in NYC during the first 3 months of the pandemi  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion and order (Court No. 19-00192): INVENERGY RENEWABLES LLC, Plaintiff, and SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, CLEARWAY ENERGY GROUP LLC, EDF RENEWABLES, INC. and AES DISTRIBUTED ENERGY, INC., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT E. LIGHTHIZER, U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, and ACTING COMMIS  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 18-00027): PRO-TEAM COIL NAIL ENTERPRISE, INC. AND PT ENTERPRISE INC., Plaintiffs, UNICATCH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., ET AL., Consolidated Plaintiffs, and S.T.O. INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and MID CONTINENT STEEL & WIRE, INC., Defendant-Intervenor. Before: Mark A. Barnett, Judge OPINION AND ORDER [Remanding the U.S. Department of Commerce's remand re  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 14-00068): STARKIST CO., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant. Before: Timothy M. Reif, Judge OPINION [Denying plaintiff's Rule 56 motion for summary judgment and granting defendant's Rule 56 cross-motion for summary judgment.] Dated: November 18, 2020 Michael E. Roll and Brett Ian Harris, Roll & Harris LLP, for plaintiff. Alexander Vanderweide, Trial Attorney, Civil Division, Comme  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 office is excited to work with the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) which will receive up to $500,000 annually to conduct pesticide safety training across the country over the next five years. With EPA funding, AFOP will administer this grant to provide occupational health and safety trainings to migrant and seasonal farmworkers  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Nov. 16: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 Administrator Pete Lopez, Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, New York State Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon, New York City Councilmember Brad Lander, members of the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group and other dignitaries marked the start of dredging operations in the upper portion of the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in Brooklyn, New York,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following remarks on Nov. 19 by Chairman Ajit Pai to the Reason Foundation: It's great to be with you--and frankly, a bit surprising. You see, the last time I spoke to the Reason Foundation was back in 2017 at the Reason Media Awards in New York City. I closed my remarks at that lovely, high-class affair with a riff on the libertarian lessons from the cartoon South Park. It would have been totally understandable if you nev  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Federal Maritime Commission's Chairman Michael A. Khouri issued the following statement on Fact Finding 29 Supplemental Order: As referenced in this Supplemental Order, the primary purpose of the initial Fact Finding 29 was to identify commercial and operational solutions to cargo delivery system challenges related to then recent global supply chain disruptions and dislocations. Stakeholder discussions revealed several problem areas in and around major ports, includin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following news release on Nov. 20: The Federal Maritime Commission yesterday approved a Supplemental Order that expands the authority of Fact Finding 29, "International Ocean Transportation Supply Chain Engagement". The Supplemental Order authorizes Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye, as the designated Fact Finding Officer, to investigate ocean carriers operating in alliances and calling the Port of Long Beach, the Port of Los Angeles,   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release on Nov. 17: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Center for Microeconomic Data today issued its Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit, which shows that total household debt increased by $87 billion (0.6%) to $14.35 trillion in the third quarter of 2020. The increase more than offset the decline seen in the second quarter of 2020 as total household debt has surpassed its 2020Q1 reading. The Repo  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following feature story on Nov. 16: For Rory Kennedy, curiosity has anchored his career. A lifelong habit of pursuing what piques his interest has now led to being named a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society. Growing up in New York, Kennedy was drawn to colors. The shape and various hues of seashells drew him in. "I grew up on the water, so I was always fascinated by seashells and how they gr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General issued the following report (No. 21-006) entitled "Remote Inspection of the CORE Services Group, Inc.'s Brooklyn House Residential Reentry Center, Brooklyn, New York": INTRODUCTION On March 23, 2020, the CDC issued guidance specific to correctional institutions, noting that the confined nature of correctional facilities, combined with their congregate environments, "heighten[s] the potential for COVID-19 to spread once int  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release on Nov. 20: The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY) announced today that Larry E. Thompson has been re-elected by its Board of Directors (Board) to serve as the Board's vice chairman for a two-year term commencing January 1, 2021. Mr. Thompson, who is the former vice chairman of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, has served on the  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 17 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following remarks on Nov. 16 by Executive Vice President Kevin Stiroh at the Risk USA Conference: * * * Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to participate today, the first day of what looks to be a very interesting four days featuring a range of important and timely discussion items for the financial sector. As I looked through the agenda, I was impressed with the diversity of topics the panels will be covering, in  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 19 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Antoinette T. Bacon, issued the following news release on Nov. 18: Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon announced today that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York has been allocated funding to hire a prosecutor, for a one-year term, who will focus on cases involving fraudulent schemes to unlawfully obtain unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, and related offenses.  more

BUFFALO, New York, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, James P. Kennedy Jr., issued the following news release on Nov. 19: U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Amir Jahed a/k/a Amir Jahedmotlagh, 50, of Montgomery Village, Maryland, who was convicted of mail fraud, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. Assistant U.S. Attorney Caitlin M. Higgins, who handled the case, stated that between 2010 an  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release on Nov. 17: A former New Jersey resident today admitted participating in an investment scheme through which he fraudulently obtained $1.525 million from at least three families from 2017 through 2019, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Matthew Benjamin, 53, formerly of Englewood, New Jersey, and now of New York, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S.   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release on Nov. 19: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released a report on the effects COVID-19 has had on low-income Americans' ability to access credit and pay down debt. The report, "State of Low-Income America: Credit Access & Debt Payment," uses data from the New York Fed's Consumer Credit Panel, which is based on Equifax credit data. The data is also the source for the Bank's national Quarterly R  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release on Nov. 20: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today announced the selection of additional counterparties to support, as applicable, agency commercial mortgage backed securities (agency CMBS) purchases and the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF). By widening the eligibility criteria for counterparties and agents for these market operations and 13(3) facilities, the New York Fed is furthe  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 03-RC-267766) by Region 3 Director Paul Murphy: NEWBURG EGG CORP. Employer And UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION, LOCAL NO. 342, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION/1 Newburg Egg Corp. (the Employer) processes eggs at its Woodridge, New York facility. United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local No. 342 (the Petitioner) seeks to represent approximately 175 of the Employer's e  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks on Nov. 19 by Chairman Jay Clayton to the Economic Club of New York: It is wonderful to be back with the Economic Club of New York. You are a sophisticated, experienced, outcome-oriented, tough and fair audience, interested in economic and wage growth and improving our society more generally. Just the way it should be. As John noted, today's program proceeds in two parts, (1) remarks from me on our regul  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release: Book a Philadelphia escape now and get 50% off your Amtrak tickets. Amtrak and VISIT PHILADELPHIA(R) are partnering to help travelers relax, play and reconnect now and throughout the winter months for travel to Philly at a reduced price from several cities in the Northeast including New York, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Boston and New Haven. "We know this has been an exceptionally ch  more

RONKONKOMA, New York, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Long Island MacArthur Airport is now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler's identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in near real time. "The technology we've now installed at the Long Island Airport checkpoint enhances detection capabilities f  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Syracuse Hancock International Airport is now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler's identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in near real time. "The technology we've now installed at the Syracuse International Airport checkpoint enhances detection ca  more

WHITE PLAINS, New York, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Westchester County Airport is now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler's identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in near real time. "The new credential authentication technology at the Westchester County Airport checkpoint improves upon TSA  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: A new state-of-the-art advanced technology computed tomography checkpoint scanner (CT) that provides 3-D imaging has been installed and is in use at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Greater Rochester International Airport. "The new technology unit provides critical explosives detection capabilities at the checkpoint and enh  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor today announced additional funding for an opioid-crisis National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grant for the New York Department of Labor. The award of $1,863,815 will provide continued services to eligible individuals in communities across 22 New York counties that are affected significantly by the health and economic effects of widesp  more