WASHINGTON, July 6 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release on July 5, 2023: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced Judge Carlos Mendoza of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered consent orders against Florida residents Surujpal Sahdeo, Daniel Cologero, and Randy Rosseau and New Jersey resident Hemraj Singh, and their respective companies SR&B Investment Enterprises, Inc., Green Knight Investments, LL  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 (TNSawa) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management issued the following news: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chose the Middlesex South, New Jersey, Site to receive the sixth annual National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Award. The site, also known as the Middlesex Sampling Plant, won the award in the Superfund National Priorities List category. The award recognizes the accomplishments of federal agencies, states, tribes, local partners,  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking a critical step forward on one of the largest infrastructure projects in American history: the revitalization and expansion of the Northeast Rail Corridor, specifically the Hudson River Tunnel (HRT) project between New York and New Jersey. Thanks to the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA),   more

WASHINGTON, July 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 84 metropolitan areas from May 2022 to May 2023, decreased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 304 areas. The metropolitan areas with the largest percentage increases over the year were Midland, Texas (7.7 percent), Rome, Georgia (6.7 percent), and Corvallis, Oregon (6.3 percent). The largest employmen  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (PR Docket No. 92-287; WT Docket 02-378) on July 7, 2023: * * * The Region 28 (Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Southern New Jersey Area) Public Safety 700 MHz RPC and 800 MHz Regional Planning Committees (RPCs)/1 will hold their remaining 2023 quarterly meetings on the following dates. NOTE: These meetings are only being held remotely via MS Teams/phone   more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking a critical step forward on one of the largest infrastructure projects in American history: the revitalization and expansion of the Northeast Rail Corridor, specifically the Hudson River Tunnel (HRT) project between New York and New Jersey. Thanks to the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Feder  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on July 5, 2023: The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced it has approved the plan for construction and operations of the Ocean Wind 1 project offshore New Jersey. Located about 13 nautical miles southeast of Atlantic City, the project will have an estimated capacity of 1,100 megawatts of clean energy - capable of powering over 380,000 homes - and is expected to   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Monmouth County, New Jersey, financial counselor with the U.S. Army and major in the U.S. Army Reserves who allegedly defrauded two dozen Gold Star families has been indicted. Caz Craffy, aka Carz Craffey, 41, of Colts Neck, New Jersey, is charged by indictment with six counts of wire fraud and one count each of securities fraud, making false statements in a loan application, committing acts furthering a   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release: A Brooklyn man was convicted of conspiring with others in a week-long strongarm extortion scheme in 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Endrit Kllogjeri, 29, was convicted on June 27, 2023, of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act extortion and attempt to commit Hobbs Act extortion following a one-week trial before U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraish  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release: Fifteen members and associates of a Paterson-based street gang were charged today in connection with their roles in the distribution of narcotics, including heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. The 11 defendants arrested today are scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor in Newark federal court. T  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: A Somerset County man appeared in federal court yesterday on charges including drug distribution that resulted in a death, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced today. Thomas Kane Miller, 38, of Somerset, New Jersey, is charged by federal complaint with one count of possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl and heroin and one count o  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: Three members and associates of a drug trafficking enterprise who were also members of a neighborhood street gang in Essex County, New Jersey, were sentenced today to prison for their respective roles in multiple gang-related murders, including the murder of a federal informant, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Thomas Zimmerma  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release: A Monmouth County, New Jersey, financial counselor with the United States Army and major in the U.S. Army Reserves who allegedly defrauded two dozen Gold Star families has been indicted, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Caz Craffy, a/k/a "Carz Craffey," 41, of Colts Neck, New Jersey, is charged by indictment with six counts of wire fraud and  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on July 7, 2023: The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged former U.S. Army financial counselor Caz L. Craffy for defrauding Gold Star family members and others by engaging in unauthorized trading--including of life insurance and family survivor benefits they received following the death of an active duty service member--and for recommending excessive trades and higher risk strategies that   more

WASHINGTON, July 7 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on July 6, 2023: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Advances Gateway Hudson River Tunnel Project Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced it is advancing the Gateway Hudson River Tunnel project to the next phase in the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program, a critical step towards unlocking up to $6.88 billion in funding from this program. The project is a long-overdu  more