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Federal Tipoffs Involving New York Newsletter for Sunday November 29, 2020 ( 12 items )  

$120,000 EPA Grant to Cooper Ferry Partnership, in Camden, New Jersey Helps Camden Residents Reduce Health Risks in Their Homes
NEW YORK, Nov. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Nov. 24: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has awarded $120,000 through an Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement to Cooper's Ferry Partnership located in Camden, New Jersey. The EPA funding will support work to help reduce risks of lead exposure, asthma and mold dangers. It will foster community education programs and the gree  more

Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Settlement of Lawsuit Against Pharmacist for Fraudulent Billing Practices
NEW YORK, Nov. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Nov. 24: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General ("HHS-OIG"), announced today that the United States has settled a civil healthcare fraud lawsuit against RAMES  more

Brookhaven National Laboratory: Exploring Blended Materials Along Compositional Gradients
UPTON, New York, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release on Nov. 24: Blending is a powerful strategy for improving the performance of electronics, coatings, separation membranes, and other functional materials. For example, high-efficiency solar cells and light-emitting diodes have been produced by optimizing mixtures of organic and inorganic components. However, finding the optimal blend composition to produce desired propert  more

CFTC Staff Publishes Interim Report on NYMEX WTI Crude Contract Trading on and Around April 20, 2020
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following news release on Nov. 23: Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Market Oversight (DMO) and Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) today published an interim report regarding the circumstances leading up to, on, and around April 20, 2020 for the West Texas Intermediate Light Sweet Crude Oil futures contract (WTI Contract) traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). The report prov  more

CFTC: Statement of Commissioner Behnam Regarding Staff Report on April 20, 2020 Trading in NYMEX WTI Crude Oil Futures Contract
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following statement on Nov. 23 by Commissioner Rostin Behnam: I commend the Division of Market Oversight and the Office of the Chief Economist for issuing today's Staff Report on the April 20, 2020 trading in the West Texas Intermediate Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures contract (WTI Contract) on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Staff Report). The events of April 20 and the Staff Report discussion raise some serious questi  more

Court of International Trade Issues Opinion and Order in Hyundai Steel Case
NEW YORK, Nov. 24 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion and order (Court No. 18-00154): HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY, Plaintiff, and SEAH STEEL CORPORATION, Consolidated Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and WHEATLAND TUBE COMPANY, Defendant-Intervenor. Before: Jennifer Choe-Groves, Judge OPINION AND ORDER [Sustaining in part and remanding in part the U.S. Department of Commerce's remand results following the 2015-2016 administrative review of the antidu  more

Fed New York: Statement Regarding Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities Small Value Exercise
NEW YORK, Nov. 25 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release: The New York Fed undertakes certain small value open market transactions from time to time for the purpose of testing operational readiness to implement existing and potential policy directives from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The FOMC authorizes the New York Fed's Open Market Trading Desk (the Desk) to conduct these exercises to test its operational readiness in the Authorization for Dom  more

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Awards $36.9 Million for 46 Affordable Housing Initiatives
NEW YORK, Nov. 24 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: Jose R. Gonzalez, president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY), announced that the FHLBNY has awarded $36.9 million in subsidies to fund 46 affordable housing initiatives throughout New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Connecticut and Washington, D.C. These awards are funded through the FHLBNY's Affordable Housing Program (AH  more

National Security Agency Honors American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage
FORT MEADE, Maryland, Nov. 28 -- The National Security Agency Central Security Service issued the following news story on Nov. 27: In May of 1916, the nation's first American Indian Day was declared by the governor of New York. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush was the first U.S. President to designate November as National American Indian Heritage Month and each year since 1994, U.S. presidents have honored the community's heritage with similar proclamations. Many Americans are unaware of th  more

NLRB Issues Decision on MSA Security
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 29-RM-266140) by Region 29 Director Kathy Drew-King: MICHAEL STAPLETON ASSOCIATES LTD. D/B/A MSA SECURITY, Employer/Petitioner and UNITED FEDERATION OF K-9 HANDLERS, Union DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION The Employer/Petitioner, Michael Stapleton Associates Ltd. d/b/a MSA Security (the Employer), provides security and explosive detection screening services with an office and place of business   more

NLRB Issues Decision on New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 29-RC-266498) by Region 29 Director Kathy-Drew King: NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN BROOKLYN METHODIST HOSPITAL, Employer and 1199SEIU UNITED HEALTH CARE WORKERS EAST, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION On September 23, 2020,/1 1199SEIU United Health Care Workers (the Petitioner) filed a representation petition, pursuant to Section 9(c) of the National Labor Relations Act (the Act), seeking to   more

Quantum X-ray Microscope Underway at Brookhaven Lab
UPTON, New York, Nov. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have begun building a quantum-enhanced x-ray microscope at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II). This groundbreaking microscope, supported by the Biological and Environmental Research progam at DOE's Office of Science, will enable researchers to image biomolecules like never   more