NEW YORK, Jan. 14 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on Jan. 12: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Timothy J. Shea, the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"), and Susan A. Gibson, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the DEA, announced today that the United States has settled a civil forfeiture action aga  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 13 on the Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City for December 2020: Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.4 percent in December, following a 0.3-percent decline in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 12 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on Jan. 11: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID WAGNER was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 72 months in prison for securities fraud and wire fraud in connection with his operation of a number of corporate entities (collectively referred to as "Downing") as a Ponzi-like scheme. WAGN  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion and order (Court No. 18-00176): CHANGZHOU TRINA SOLAR ENERGY CO., LTD. ET AL., Plaintiffs and Consolidated Plaintiffs, and JA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY YANGZHOU CO., LTD. ET AL., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and SOLARWORLD AMERICAS, INC. ET AL., Defendant-Intervenor and Consolidated Defendant-Intervenor. Before: Claire R. Kelly, Judge OPINION AND ORDER [Sustaining in part and remanding  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion and order (Court No. 18-00063): GODACO SEAFOOD JOINT STOCK COMPANY, Plaintiff, and CAN THO IMPORT-EXPORT JOINT STOCK COMPANY, ET AL., Consolidated Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and CATFISH FARMERS OF AMERICA, ET AL., Defendant-Intervenors. Before: Jennifer Choe-Groves, Judge OPINION AND ORDER [Sustaining in part and remanding in part the remand results of the U.S. Department of Commerce f  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion and order (Court No. 18-00169): HUSTEEL CO., LTD. ET AL., Plaintiff and Consolidated Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and CALIFORNIA STEEL INDUSTRIES ET AL., Defendant-Intervenors and Consolidated Defendant-Intervenors. Before: Claire R. Kelly, Judge OPINION AND ORDER [Sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce's final results in the second remand redetermination in the 2015-2016 administrat  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion and order (Court No. 15-00213): MID CONTINENT STEEL & WIRE, INC. ET AL., Plaintiff and Consolidated Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and PT ENTERPRISE INC. ET AL., Defendant-Intervenors and Consolidated Defendant-Intervenors. Before: Claire R. Kelly, Judge OPINION AND ORDER [Sustaining Commerce's decision to use a simple average to calculate a pooled standard deviation as part of its differe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Jan. 15: A New York State man was taken into custody and charged today with unlawful entry, destruction of government property and obstruction of an official proceeding. Dominic Pezzola, 43, also known as "Spaz" and "Spazzo," of Rochester, New York, was charged by criminal complaint with one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, in violation of Title 18, United St  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 12 (TNSRes) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Center for Microeconomic Data released the December 2020 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that median inflation expectations increased at the medium-term horizon, and remained unchanged at the short-term horizon. Uncertainty about future inflation increased slightly, remaining at an elevated level. Median home price change expectations increase  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 14: The U.S. Department of Transportation today provided $40 million in grants to States seeking to improve safety where highways and rail lines cross. The grants, awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA), will help commuter rail authorities in Ca  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 12 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 11: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today announced that Glenn H. Hutchins, has stepped down from its Board of Directors effective January 8, 2021. Mr. Hutchins is chairman of North Island, co-founder of Silver Lake, and co-chairman of the Brookings Institution and CARE. Mr. Hutchins joined the Board in September 2011 as a Class B director. He served as chair of the Board's Audit and Risk C  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Excellus Health Plan, Inc. has agreed to pay $5.1 million to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to implement a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules related to a breach affecting over 9.3 million people. Excellus Health P  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Attorney General issued the following news release on Jan. 14: Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed in Central Islip, New York charging 14 of the world's highest-ranking MS-13 leaders who are known today as the Ranfla Nacional, which operated as the Organization's Board of Directors, and directed MS-13's violence and criminal activity around the world for almost two decades. Specifically, the indictment charges the defe  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 14 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Seth D. DuCharme, issued the following news release on Jan. 13: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging Haiyan Liao in connection with a scheme to commit visa fraud, money laundering and illegally bring Chinese nationals into the United States for financial gain. Liao was arrested this morning in Las Vegas, Nevada and will make her initial appearance tomorrow in  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on Jan. 12: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today the arrest of ERIC MALLEY, the founder and former chief executive officer of real estate private equity investment   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 15 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following remarks on Jan. 14 by Beverly Hirtle, executive vice president and director of research, at the waterfront alliance regional symposium - recovery and resiliency in a new era: * * * I'm delighted to be here with you today. Let me begin by thanking the conference organizers and the Waterfront Alliance for inviting me to participate in this conference. Today, my remarks will focus on the economic health of the Greater  more

BUFFALO, New York, Jan. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, James P. Kennedy Jr., issued the following news release on Jan. 13: U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Eduardo Flores, Jr., 50, of Amherst, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with depredation of government property. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey T. Fiut, who is handling the case, stated that acco  more

HOUGHTON, Michigan, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local officials, and to support the nation's effort to stop the spread of COVID-19, NPS personnel and researchers will not be conducting research on Isle Royale this winter. Researchers from Michigan Technological University, State University of New York College of Environmental Sc  more

UPTON, New York, Jan. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: On January 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory welcomed the first virtually visiting researchers to the Laboratory for BioMolecular Structure (LBMS), a new cryo-electron microscopy facility. DOE's Office of Science funds operations at this new national resource, while funding for the initial construction and instrument costs was   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 12: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Marc P. Berger, Acting Director of the Division of Enforcement, will conclude his tenure at the agency this month. Mr. Berger joined the Commission as Director of the New York Regional Office in December 2017 and was named Deputy Director of the Division of Enforcement in August 2020. Under Mr. Berger's leadership, Enforcement s  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on Jan. 13: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York ("USAO"), William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Mark J. Zielinski, Special Agent in Charge of the Eastern Field Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Of  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding unemployment insurance claims: "Unemployment claims are increasing due to shutdowns and other responses to rising coronavirus cases, and likely due in part to enhanced unemployment benefits. "California and New York continue to exhibit particularly high unemployment rates, with the nation's two highest rates of continuing cla  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced that Thomas J. Murphy, president and chief executive officer of Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company, has been elected as a Class A director representing Group 3, which consists of banks with capital and surplus of less than $40 million. Mr. Murphy will serve a three-year term ending December 31, 2023. Mr. Murphy also serves as president and chief e  more

BUFFALO, New York, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, James P. Kennedy Jr., issued the following statement on Jan. 11: * * * "Since late Wednesday, my Office has been working around the clock with both the Buffalo and Washington Field Offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to pursue all leads, to gather evidence, and to bring to justice those who committed crimes at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. "Any suggestion, direct or implied, that there  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 11: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a $766.5 million Capital Investment Grant (CIG) agreement with New Jersey Transit Corporation (New Jersey Transit) for the Portal North Bridge Project in Hudson County, New Jersey. The project will improve the reliability of commuter rail service between New Jersey   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 13: A Nevada woman was arrested today for her alleged role in a multi-year scheme to commit visa fraud and money laundering, and to illegally bring Chinese nationals into the United States for financial gain. Haiyan Liao, 43, of Las Vegas, is charged in an indictment obtained in the Eastern District of New York and unsealed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. She is charged   more