NEW YORK, July 19 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on July 18, 2023, entitled "Average Energy Prices, New York-Newark-Jersey City - June 2023": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.721 a gallon in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area in June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that area gasoline prices were down $1.41 compared t  more

NEW YORK, July 20 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on July 19, 2023, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Aguadilla-Isabela - May 2022": * * * Workers in the Aguadilla-Isabela, PR Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $13.86 in May 2022, 53 percent below the nationwide average of $29.76, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commis  more

NEW YORK, July 21 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on July 20, 2023, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Burlington-South Burlington - May 2022": * * * Workers in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $30.38 in May 2022, 2 percent above the nationwide average of $29.76, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported tod  more

NEW YORK, July 21 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on July 19, 2023, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Portland-South Portland - May 2022": * * * Workers in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $28.81 in May 2022, 3 percent below the nationwide average of $29.76, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regi  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey issued the following news release: From the Guide to 2010 State and Local Census Geography - New York - History: (https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2010/geo/state-local-geo-guides-2010/new-york.html) The area of New York was part of the original territory of the United States. When originally chartered in 1664, it included a much larger area. A portion was sold to create New Jersey in 1664, and   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 20 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: A federal jury convicted a Gloucester County, New Jersey, man for narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Javier Osorio, 43, of Deptford, New Jersey, was convicted following  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:23-cv-11598; D. Mass. filed July 17, 2023) involving James P. Anglim: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New Jersey resident and former broker-dealer registered representative, James P. Anglim, who from November 2016 to February 2022, helped facilitate market manipulation schemes involving the sale of stock in at least five public companies by other persons at ma  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: A New Jersey man whose 24-year federal prison sentence was commuted after being twice convicted of defrauding investors of a total of $230 million was charged today with four other men for committing additional crimes, including conspiring to defraud investors of more than $35 million, and with conspiracy to obstruct justice, U.S. Attorney Phi  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, July 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Five individuals were charged for their roles in fraudulently obtaining federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and for laundering the loan proceeds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Two other individuals pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining PPP and EIDL loans. Eric River  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: A federal jury convicted a Gloucester County, New Jersey, man for narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Javier Osorio, 43, of Deptford, New Jersey, was convicted following a one-week trial before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti in Newark federal court. Osorio was convicted of c  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for heroin trafficking and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Timothy Wimbush, aka "Young Money," 33, was convicted in October 2021 of conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, distribution of heroin, possession of a firearm i  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: A Middlesex County, New Jersey man was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for filing a false tax return on behalf of his company, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. Hubbert, and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg announced today. Gabriel M. Ferrari of Edison, New Jer  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: A Raleigh, North Carolina, man with ties to Trenton was sentenced to 151 months in prison for distributing heroin and unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Dennis Cheston Jr., aka "Beans," 42, previously pleaded guilty before former Chief U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Two physicians and a medical practice in Missouri have agreed to pay more than $520,000 to resolve kickback allegations, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jersey and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department's Civil Division, announced today. Imran Chishti M.D. and his  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, July 21 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northeast Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * NOAA commits to a long-term presence in the mid-Atlantic at the marine science lab at Sandy Hook. * * * NOAA Fisheries held a transfer of ownership ceremony on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 in front of the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory building within the Gateway National Recreation Area in Highlands, New Jersey. Guests included  more

ROME, New York, July 21 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release: NORAD's Continental U.S. Region (CONR) and the Eastern Air Defense Sector are scheduled to conduct Fertile Hawk, a live-fly air defense exercise on Thursday, July 20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST. The exercise will take place in eastern New Jersey in an area between Old Bridge in the north and Cape May in the south. Under the direction of CONR, the aircraft participating in the exercise inc  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged six individuals with a multi-million dollar Ponzi-like fraud scheme orchestrated by criminal recidivist Eliyahu Weinstein of Lakewood, New Jersey. Along with Weinstein, the SEC charged Aryeh L. Bromberg, Joel L. Wittels, Richard M. Curry, Christopher J. Anderson, and Alaa Mohamed Hattab for their roles in the fraudulent scheme, w  more