NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on August 7, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - June 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on August 8, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - June 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.6 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on August 10, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton - July 2023": * * * Area prices were down 0.1 percent over two months; up 2.8 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Boston area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), inched down 0.1 percent for the two months ending in July 20  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on August 10, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - July 2023": * * * Area prices up 0.4 percent over the month and 3.2 percent over the year * * * 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 July, the U.S. Bureau o  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the public comment period for its proposed changes to address contaminated soil and debris at the Woodbrook Road Dump Superfund site in South Plainfield, New Jersey to September 13, 2023. EPA held a public meeting at the South Plainfield Township Courtroom on July 27, 2023, to explain the proposed changes to the public. The prop  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the update to its original cleanup plan for the Matlack, Inc. Superfund site in Woolwich Township, New Jersey. The update to the plan will address a newly discovered source of contamination at the site and will ensure a comprehensive and effective cleanup. "Following the public meeting and hearing directly from the community, EP  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 2 -- The FBI Newark Field Office issued the following news release: The FBI Newark Field Office, NJ Department of Children and Families, and more than a dozen law enforcement agencies rescued five minor girls during Operation Cross Country in June and July 2023. Teams made up of agents, detectives, and staff members from both governmental and non-governmental agencies conducted undercover operations to identify and locate victims of sex trafficking and other high-risk m  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: By Kathy Hieatt, Public Affairs Officer Troy Seifert, H-60 Multi-Mission Helicopters Program Office (PMA-299) product support manager (PSM), was named Sustainment/Logistics Manager/Specialist of the Year during an Aug. 10 ceremony for the annual Michael G. Simodejka Awards. The hybrid event was hosted at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst. This was the 23rd ann  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release: A New York man was arrested this morning on charges he fraudulently obtained more than $1 million in a COVID-19 scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Terrell Fuller, 33, of Brooklyn, New York, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. Fuller is scheduled to appear this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward S. Kiel in Newark   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2023: An Ocean County man today admitted failing to pay over $10 million in payroll taxes stemming from his ownership of several businesses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Josef Neuman, 37, of Lakewood, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp to an information charging him with willful failure to pay ove  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2023: Two New Jersey men were charged, and another previously pleaded guilty, for participating in a kickback scheme to defraud the owner of a condominium complex in Jersey City of $470,000, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Ranaldo Bennett, 40, of Jersey City, and Jonathan Smith, 56, of Montclair, New Jersey, were each charged in   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2023: Two New York men today admitted their roles in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy, and one of the men also admitted conspiring with seven separately charged individuals to defraud multiple states to obtain COVID-19 unemployment benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Billy Castro, 33, of Queens, New York, pleaded guilty before U  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The White House issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2023: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of New Jersey and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm and flooding from July 14 to July 15, 2023. Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for e  more