NEW YORK, Dec. 12 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on Dec. 11: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TYRONE WOOLASTON was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan to 180 months in prison for his participation in a multi-year scheme to smuggle cocaine into the United States through Newark Liberty International Airport. WOOLASTON was   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on Dec. 7: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ralph Sozio, the United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York, and Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), announced today the filing of a Complaint in Manhattan federal court charging GRANT GRANDISON with makin  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on Dec. 9: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington, D.C., Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Inve  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on Dec. 9: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RICHARD DIVER was sentenced on December 7 to 36 months in prison in connection with his embezzlement from the asset management company where he served as chief operating officer. DIVER previously pled guilty to investment adviser fraud in connection  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on Dec. 9: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced that JAMES JEREMY BARBERA, the former founder and chief executive officer of a nanotechnology company based in New York,  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 11 on the average energy prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area for November 2020: Gasoline prices averaged $2.209 per gallon in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area in November 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli noted that gasoline prices were down 46.6   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 10 on the Consumer Price Index for November 2020: Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), declined 0.3 percent in November, following a 0.2-percent decrease in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief Regional Economi  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 11: Computer Science Corporation (CSC), a technology consulting subsidiary of Tysons, Va.-based DXC Technology Corporation, will pay $700,000 and furnish other relief to resolve an age discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC's complaint, CSC targeted employees who were 40 or older in a   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion and order (Court No. 19-00009): TRANSPACIFIC STEEL LLC, Plaintiff, and BORUSAN MANNESMANN BORU SANAYI VE TICARET A.S. ET AL., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES ET AL., Defendants. Before: Claire R. Kelly, Gary S. Katzmann, and Jane A. Restani, Judges OPINION AND ORDER [Denying, without prejudice, Plaintiff and Plaintiff-Intervenor's motion to enforce the judgment.] Dated: December 9, 2020 M  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 20-03848): CELIK HALAT VE TEL SANAYI A.S., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and INSTEEL WIRE PRODUCTS COMPANY ET AL., Defendant-Intervenors. Before: Claire R. Kelly, Judge OPINION AND ORDER [Denying plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction.] Irene H. Chen, Chen Law Group, LLC, of Rockville, MD, for plaintiff. Tara K. Hogan, Assistant Directo  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 15-00225): JIANGSU SENMAO BAMBOO AND WOOD INDUSTRY CO., LTD., et al., Plaintiffs, and GUANGDONG YIHUA TIMBER INDUSTRY CO., LTD., et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and COALITION FOR AMERICAN HARDWOOD PARITY, et al., Defendant-Intervenors. Before: Timothy C. Stanceu, Chief Judge OPINION [Sustaining an agency determination issued in response to the court's order in  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The Homeland Security Inspector General issued the following report (No. OIG-21-10) entitled "FEMA Should Disallow $12.2 Million in Disaster Case Management Program Grant Funds Awarded to New York for Hurricane Sandy" on Nov. 18. Here are the excerpts: Why We Did This Audit At the request of FEMA, we conducted this audit to determine whether DHSES-NY accounted for and expended FEMA grant funds according to Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines. Under DCMP, FEMA provided  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The Transportation Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. AV2021010) entitled "Weaknesses in FAA's Supplemental Passenger Restraint System Authorization Process Hinders Improvements to Open-Door Helicopter Operations". The report was requested by Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand: Highlights: What We Looked At On March 11, 2018, a fatal Liberty Helicopters crash in New York, NY took the lives of five passengers who were trapped in their   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, top federal and state environmental officials announced 16 grants totaling $1.1 million to local governments, nongovernmental organizations and community groups to improve Long Island Sound. The grants are matched by $2.3 million from the grantees resulting in $3.4 million in funding for conservation around the Long Island Sound watershed of New York. Work funded through the Long Island Sound Futu  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, top federal and state environmental officials from New England announced 24 grants totaling $2.8 million to local governments, nongovernmental organizations and community groups to improve Long Island Sound. The grants are matched by $2.3 million from the grantees resulting in $5.1 million in funding for conservation around the Long Island Sound watershed. Work funded through the Long Island Sound  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSRep) -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 8: The Federal Communications Commission today published its twelfth annual report to Congress on the collection and distribution of 911 fees by states. The report finds that in 2019, states and territories collected more than $3 billion in 911 fees, and more than $200 million of that funding was diverted for uses other than 911. The report identifies five states--Nevada, New Jersey, N  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 12 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following working paper (No. 2020-36) entitled "Zombies at Large? Corporate Debt Overhang and the Macroeconomy": The paper was co-authored by Oscar Jorda of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Martin Kornejew of University of Bonn, Moritz Schularick of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Alan M. Taylor of the University of California at Davis, NBER and CEPR. Here are the excerpts: Abstract   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: On November 14, 2020, Judge Nicholas George Garaufis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued an opinion regarding the July 28, 2020 memorandum signed by Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf. On December 4, 2020, Judge Garaufis required the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take certain actions to implement his November 14 opinion. As a result, effective December 7, 20  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 20-cv-03729; S.D.N.Y. filed May 14, 2020): On December 4, 2020, the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a final judgment against Applied BioSciences Corp. in connection with the company's fraudulent claims in a press release that it was offering and shipping products to combat the COVID-19 virus. As alleged in the Commission's complaint, filed on May 14, 2020  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Dec. 8 (TNSPer) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following news release: The board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has appointed Charmaine Jones as assistant vice president of the Bank's new Wholesale Production Operations Group, effective Dec. 1. Jones reports to Joe Fahnhorst, vice president of Minneapolis Wholesale Operations. Wholesale payment services play a key role in the nation's payments mechanism and enable deposito  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Dec. 11 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Seth D. DuCharme, issued the following news release on Dec. 10: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, a six-count indictment was unsealed charging Dat Tat Ho and Manh Ngoc Nguyen with conspiring to defraud U.S. government agencies and alien smuggling for financial gain, and related crimes. The defendants were arrested this morning and arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following remarks on Dec. 10 by Senior Vice President Nathaniel Wuerffel at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's LIBOR Transition Forum: Thank you for the kind introduction, Ken, and for the opportunity to speak at today's forum. I am pleased to join Edwin Schooling Latter of the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in offering some remarks, and will focus on the transition from U.S. dollar (USD) LIBOR  more

BUFFALO, New York, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, James P. Kennedy Jr., issued the following news release on Dec. 9: U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brian L. Schumacher, 55, of Penfield, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles M. Kruly, who is handling t  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release on Dec. 9: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today announced that it is launching a prequalification process for cash investment management services for the Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF). This is part of a multiphase competitive procurement process commenced by the New York Fed in October. When the Federal Reserve launched a number of emergency liquidity facilities earlier this year, some   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 03-RC-268722) by Region 3 Director Paul J. Murphy: PAK NORWICH MANAGEMENT INC. Employer And RETAIL, WHOLESALE, AND DEPARTMENT STORE UNION, UFCW, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION/1 Pak Norwich Management Inc. (the Employer) operates a Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken at its Norwich, New York facility. Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, UFCW (the Petitioner) seeks to re  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Scott W. Brady, issued the following news release on Dec. 9: A resident of New York, NY was sentenced in federal court to charges of fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. Ramses Nathaniel Acosta, 39, was sentenced on two counts before United States Senior District Judge Joy Flowers Conti. According to information provided to the cour  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSAwa) -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the following news release: Award-winning playwright August Wilson is receiving one of the nation's highest honors when he takes center stage on a Forever stamp. The stamp will be dedicated Jan. 28 on the Postal Service Facebook and Twitter pages. For more information, visit usps.com/blackheritage-augustwilson. One of America's greatest playwrights, Wilson is hailed as a trailblazer for helping to bring nonmusical African American   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The White House issued the following news release on Dec. 11: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to be Members of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition for terms of two years: Mariano Rivera, of New York, Co-Chair Misty May-Treanor, of California, Co-Chair Herschel Junior Walker, of Georgia, Co-Chair William Belichick, of Massachusetts Johnny David Damon, of Florida Nan Hayworth, of New York  more

BUFFALO, New York, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints throughout Buffalo Niagara International Airport as part of the agency's ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The protective barriers have been installed in areas where TSA officers typically interac  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued the following alert: On November 14, 2020, Judge Nicholas George Garaufis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued an opinion regarding the July 28, 2020 memorandum/1 signed by Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf./2 On December 4, 2020, Judge Garaufis required the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take certain actions to implement his November 14 opini  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The White House issued the following news release on Dec. 10: NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: Mark Van Dyke Holmes, of New York, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years. (Reappointment)  more