NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: Today, 17 civil rights groups, led by the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), Amnesty International, New York Civil Liberties Union, The Legal Aid Society, Surveillance Resistance Lab, Fight For The Future, and the Center On Race, Inequality, and the Law at NYU Law launched a public advocacy campaign to "ban the scan" in New York City, specifically demanding t  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- Access Now, an organization that says it defends and extends the rights of people and communities at risk, issued the following news release: Iris scanning. Voice recognition. Brain implants. Biometric technologies are no longer simply the stuff of science-fiction or spy movies; they are here and they are harming the most marginalized people. A new Access Now publication, written by Xiaowei Wang and Shazeda Ahmed from UCLA's Center on Race and Digital Justice and t  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: A major settlement was announced today by the American Civil Liberties Union involving its years-long lawsuit on behalf of thousands of traumatized children and parents who were forcibly torn from each other under the Trump administration's illegal ze  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The American Clean Power Association issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2023: * * * The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement from ACP Director of Eastern Region State Affairs Moira Cyphers, after New York Governor Hochul vetoed the Planned Offshore Wind Transmission Act today: "Governor Hochul must get serious about reaching 70% clean energy by 2030. Today, she dealt a significant blow to the state's own goals by vetoing legisl  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following letter on Oct. 18, 2023: ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today issued the following Open Letter to news media organizations from around the world who are currently covering the crisis in Israel and Gaza. * * * Dear Reporters, Producers and Editors: We are writing to you today with an urgent appeal for journalistic integrity at a time of heightened global attention to the crisis and war unfolding in Israel and Gaza. At thi  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: Hate crimes data released today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows that reported hate crime incidents in 2022 rose to 11,634 incidents, the highest number ever recorded since the FBI started tracking such data in 1991. Reported single-bias anti-Jewish hate crime incidents in the country sharply rose by more than 37%, reaching 1,122 incidents, the highest number recorded in almost three   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies issued the following news release: The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), writes to the Commission to express our concerns and urge you to address the ongoing violations of human rights in Sudan marked by continued impunity. ACJPS is a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to monitor and promote respect for human rights and legal reform in Sudan. There is overwhelming evidence that Sudanese Arm  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following statement on Oct. 16, 2023: * * * American Jewish Committee (AJC) today decried the failure of a UN panel to identify the October 7 mass murder of Israelis by Hamas as a terrorist act and protested its "false equivalence" of the Hamas attack and Israel's self-defensive actions. Reacting to the just-released report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) and the panel's accompanying statement (https://  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 17 -- The Alliance for Quality Education issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: Public education advocacy organization the Alliance for Quality Education today announced the impending departure of Executive Director Jasmine Gripper, effective mid-November. Gripper will be taking on the role of Co-Director at the New York State Working Families Party, partnering with Ana Maria Archila. During this transitional phase, AQE will be in capable hands as Zakiyah An  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * Today, America First Legal (AFL) sued New York University (NYU) on behalf of a first-year law student for discriminating based on race and sex when selecting the members and editors of its law review. Federal law prohibits universities that receive federal funds from discriminating on account of race and sex. But the New York University Law Review has been flouti  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The American Economic Liberties Project issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * In response to news that Judge Amit Mehta has denied a motion filed by the New York Times and other prominent media outlets' for increased access to the U.S. v. Google trial -- the most important antitrust trial of the century -- the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement. "The outcome of the Justice' Department's trial against Google -- and other  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following statement on Oct. 16, 2023: * * * Colombia President Gustavo Petro has threatened to cut diplomatic relations with Israel, which had suspended exports of security equipment in response to Petro's comments last week that accused the Jewish State of war crimes while refusing to condemn the massacre of more than 1,300 Israelis by Hamas. Today, Colombia Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva ordered Israel's ambassador to Colombia, Ga  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: Today, in response to findings in the FBI's 2022 Hate Crime Statistics Report, American Jewish Committee (AJC) expressed grave concern over the staggering number of hate crimes committed against the American Jewish community last year. Hate crimes against Jews increased by 37% in 2022, according to the data released by the FBI. "Violence toward the Jewish community continues to escal  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The American Jewish Congress, an organization that says it works to defend Jewish interests at home and abroad through public policy, advocacy, legislation and the courts, issued the following remarks on Oct. 18, 2023: * * * Remarks after the emergency war cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, where President Biden joined Prime Minister Netanyahu, attributable to Jack Rosen, President, American Jewish Congress, and Daniel Rosen, Vice Chair: "The strategic benefits of Presi  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- The American Jewish Congress issued the following statement on Oct. 18, 2023: New York City Mayor Eric Adams delivered a landmark speech on America and Israel's response to the Hamas terror attack. The following statement is attributable to Jack Rosen, President of the American Jewish Congress, and Daniel Rosen, Vice Chair: "The chief executive of New York City, America's largest city and the world's financial hub, has delivered an important message: It is time to end Hama  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The American Society for Reproductive Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Highlights From the American Society For Reproductive Medicine's 2023 Scientific Congress * * * Research presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's (ASRM) Scientific Congress is examining the impact of legislation on members of the LGBTQIA+ community undergoing fertility treatments and investigating the effects of gender-affirming hormone ther  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers issued the following news on Oct. 18, 2023: The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced today that it has filed 12 separate copyright infringement actions against bars and restaurants nationwide, arising out of the unauthorized public performance of its members' copyrighted musical works. ASCAP is a membership association that operates on a not-for-profit basis and represents more tha  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release: A new national poll from ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST) found that highly antisemitic Americans are three times more likely to support violence to achieve certain political goals compared to the general population. The nationally representative survey of nearly 8,000 Americans, fielded by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at t  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 (TNSres) -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news: As a humanitarian corridor Israeli authorities decreed today in northern Gaza expires, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is extremely worried about the fate of people who will not be able to leave, such as the wounded, the sick, those with disabilities, and medical staff. We fear for their lives, as the Israeli military announced today that significant ground oper  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals issued the following news release: For the sixteenth year in a row, the ASPCA(R) (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(R)) has been selected as a national charity partner in the 2023 Subaru Share the Love Event with the goal of helping thousands of animals in need across the country. From November 16, 2023, through January 2, 2024, Subaru will donate $250 for every new Subaru vehicle, pur  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The Association for Computing Machinery issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: With the public interest in generative AI technologies increasing every day, some of the most pressing issues revolve around questions such as "Is generative AI being used to create fake images and videos?" and "Are students using generative AI to write papers and cheat on exams?" For these reasons, there is growing demand for systems that can detect whether an image, audio   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The Association of American Medical Colleges issued the following commentary on Oct. 17, 2023: * * * '6% is not enough' By Norma Poll-Hunter Growing up in the Bronx, New York, and now living and working in Washington, D.C., I have never encountered a Latina/Latino physician while seeking care. My mother, who was born and raised in Puerto Rico, moved to the United States in 1973, but only recently, as an octogenarian, was treated by a Latino physician. She shar  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Center for Human Rights in Iran issued the following news release: A prominent and blind disability rights lawyer from Saqqez, the hometown of Mahsa Jina Amini, whose killing in Iranian state custody sparked months of anti-state protests, has gone missing after being unlawfully detained by Iranian state security forces, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. "This is another example of the intensifying practice in the Islamic Republic of Iran of detain  more

BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 16 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2023: Today in Highmark Stadium fans attending the Buffalo Bills vs. the New York Giants National Football League (NFL) game are invited to join the American Heart Association's Nation of Lifesavers(TM) through an immersive cardiopulmonary resuscitation experience, part of the Bills continuing commitment to CPR education. With nearly 3 out of 4 cardiac arrests outside of the hospital occur  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the alleged silencing and discrimination by the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) of its representative Amy Arundell. After the October 2023 Delegate Assembly where a controversial resolution regarding t  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- The California New Car Dealers Association issued the following news release: The nomination of Steve Pleau, CEO and dealer principal at Future Ford Lincoln of Roseville in Roseville, California, for the 2024 TIME Dealer of the Year award was announced today by TIME. Pleau is one of a select group of 49 dealer nominees from across the country who will be honored at the 107th annual National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 3, 202  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- CALSTART, an organization that says it works with member companies to build a clean transportation industry, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: CALSTART, a mission-oriented industry nonprofit organization, announced today the launch of a groundbreaking project to guide investment in commercial medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure along I-95, one of the nation's most heavily traveled freight routes. The East Coast Commercia  more

BELLEVUE, Washington, Oct. 19 -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued the following news release: In announcing this year's recipient of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms' prestigious "Bill of Rights" award, CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb noted this annual recognition goes to "someone who is out there doing something very special for the Second Amendment." This year, that person is New York-based civil rights attorney David Jensen, who has b  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2023: Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend announced a global boycott of Qatari-owned hotel properties until Qatar and the Al Thani Royal Family surrender the orchestrators of the savage October 7th massacre in Israel. Qatar's role in the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas in Israel is indisputable: Ismail Hani  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend announced a global campaign for a Qatar asset freeze following the massacre by Hamas in Israel directed by Hamas leadership based in Doha, Qatar. Qatar and the Al Thani Royal Family have hosted, platformed, and championed Hamas leadership for many years. Ismail Hani  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (TNScapv) -- Access Now, an organization that says it defends and extends the rights of people and communities at risk, issued the following joint statement on Oct. 16, 2023, with 56 organizations: * * * We, a collective of human rights and civil society organizations, urge tech companies to immediately take strict measures to protect their users from harm in light of the escalating events in the region. These events have inevitably led to increased discrimination against Pal  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Clearing House issued the following news release: The 2023 AFP(R) Real-time Payments Survey, conducted by the Association for Financial Professionals(R) (AFP), found that corporates plan to drastically increase their use of real-time payments in the next five years to benefit from lower transaction costs, improved transparency into the payment process, increased efficiency, and better cash flow. The Research Department of AFP surveyed corporate treasury practitioners a  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release: ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and a coalition of national Jewish organizations today sent a letter (https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/2023-10/Jewish-Communal-Letter-to-President-Biden-regarding-Nonprofit-Security-Grant-Funding.pdf) urging President Biden to include $500 million in Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding to protect synagogues and other Jewish communal institutions as part of an emer  more

MOUNDRIDGE, Kansas, Oct. 20 -- The Combat Antisemitism Movement issued the following news: Natalie Sanandaji, a young Jewish American woman from New York who narrowly escaped with her life when Hamas terrorists stormed the Nova music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7, visited Washington, D.C., on Thursday, where she met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to share her harrowing experience. On Capitol Hill, Sanandaji sat down with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, as well as Senators M  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- Community Catalyst issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2023: On Saturday, Sept. 30, two cohorts of health justice advocates and their respective organizations graduated from Community Catalyst's Restuccia Health Justice Fellowship program. Community Catalyst is thrilled to acknowledge the graduates' hard work to transform their organizations and will continue to foster and support the growth and reach of diverse advocacy organizations and their leadership  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: In the 2023 proxy season, the number of shareholder proposals soared to a record high: Shareholders filed 836 proposals in the Russell 3000 compared to 801 during the same timeframe in 2022 and 792 in 2021, reveals a report by The Conference Board. At the same time, average support for shareholder proposals dropped from 31% in 2022 to 23% in 2023, falling in every category: governance, executive compensation,  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: About the Leading Economic Index and the Coincident Economic Index: The Leading Economic Index provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below. The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(R) (LEI) for Austral  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: About the Leading Economic Index and the Coincident Economic Index: The Leading Economic Index provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below. The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(R) (LEI) for Brazil,  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: About the Leading Economic Index and the Coincident Economic Index: The Leading Economic Index provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below. The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(R) (LEI) for France   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: About the Leading Economic Index and the Coincident Economic Index: The Leading Economic Index provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below. The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(R)(LEI) for Mexico d  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: About the Leading Economic Index and the Coincident Economic Index: The Leading Economic Index provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below. The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(R) (LEI) for the U.S  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: US companies raised their budgets for employee salary increases by an average of 4.4 percent in 2023. That's the highest year-over-year growth since 2001. For 2024, they expect to grow their salary increase budgets by a further 4.1 percent--a small step down from 2023 but still well above the prepandemic trend of around 3.0 percent. That's according to US Salary Increase Budgets 2023-2024, a new report from   more

YONKERS, New York, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- Consumer Reports issued the following news release: Consumer Reports filed formal comments with the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in response to the agency's proposal to amend the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars and light trucks manufactured in model years 2027-2032. CR is calling on NHTSA to adopt CAFE standards that are stronger than the agency's proposed alternat  more

ELKHART, Indiana, Oct. 17 -- Mennonite Church USA issued the following news: Mennonite Church USA is helping to fuel growth and diversity with its 2023 Thrive Church Planting Grants. This year's repeat award recipients, Brooklyn (New York) Peace Church and Community of Hope Mennonite Church, Bellingham, Washington, are building circles of community in creative, Jesus-centered ways. "It's wonderful to witness how church planters and those in these worshipping communities are reimagining what it  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Environmental Defense Fund today launched a million-dollar ad campaign emphasizing how federal policies, like EPA's proposed clean car standards and the tax credits and infrastructure investments in President Biden's clean energy plan, will lead to wider choices in electric vehicles for consumers. The ad campaign involves television and digital buys in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., comp  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 18 -- Empire Center, a non-profit think tank, issued the following news release: State regulators should drop plans to mandate a $10.18 "dispensing fee" for each prescription filled by a pharmacy, the Empire Center's Bill Hammond said in comments submitted Monday to the Department of Financial Services. The proposed fee is part of a package of regulations aimed at pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), companies that process drug claims on behalf of most health plans. Among   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- Enterprise Community Partners issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: Today Enterprise Community Partners, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced plans to publish the seminal text on community development and climate change, What's Possible: Investing NOW for Prosperous, Sustainable Neighborhoods. The book will channel the voices of 30 leading climate and community development experts to lay out the c  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on Oct. 18, 2023: * * * "The Biden administration's announcement today of billions of dollars in investments in our nation's electric grid is great news for our efforts to address the climate crisis, improve grid reliability, and keep people safe. "Almost $3.5 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will be invested in 58 projects across 44 states. The funding will help strengthen the grid against the in  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Local and national organizations leading the fight against the controversial GTN Xpress Project blasted the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for approving TC Energy's request to push more fracked gas into the Northwest through the aging GTN pipeline. Despite opposition from U.S. Senators Merkley, Wyden, Cantwell, Murray, Padilla; Congressman Blumenauer and Congresswoman Salinas and Jayapal;  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 21 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation's Sunday TV show guest has made visible an extremely shameful aspect of organized religion: widespread child abuse. Award-winning journalist and author Christine Kenneally has a Ph.D. in linguistics from Cambridge University. She's written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Slate, Time and Scientific American. Her books include The Invisible History o  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research issued the following news: Until the 2018 Farm Bill, hemp breeding research in the United States was limited by hemp's legal status. As a result, hemp growers have been largely limited to varieties of hemp cultivated in Canada or Europe, but these crops do not thrive in all growing regions of the U.S. To improve domestic hemp crops, the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research's (FFAR) Hemp Research Consort  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- WaterAid America issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: The Water Resilience Coalition (WRC), an industry-driven, CEO-led initiative convening global companies to address the global water crisis, today announced the launch of the Women + Water Collaborative, a flagship corporate collective action program to improve access to clean water and sanitation in India. Gap Inc., Cargill, and GSK, in partnership with WaterAid and the Water Resilience Coalition, are lau  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- Girl Scouts of the USA issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) is proud to announce that its founder Juliette Gordon Low has been named an honoree of the 2025 American Women Quarters(TM) Program. In its fourth and final year, the program features the accomplishments and contributions of trailblazing American women. Low founded Girl Scouts on March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia, envisioning a Movement where girls could come togeth  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- The Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization that says it is committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide, issued the following agency statement on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * "Today, the Board of Directors announces the transition of Dr. Herminia Palacio from her role as President & CEO of the Guttmacher Institute, effective immediately. We are deeply grateful to Dr. Palacio for the contributions she has made to the organization over  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Hispanic Federation, an organization that supports and strengthens Latino institutions through education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment and the environment, issued the following news release: Hispanic Federation hosted its first in-person Hispanic Education Summit since 2019, bringing together top national policymakers, education leaders, students, and parents to discuss solutions to the biggest challenges facing Latinx children in their K-  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- The Hispanic Federation, an organization that supports and strengthens Latino institutions through education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment and the environment, issued the following statement on Oct. 18, 2023: * * * The following statement is attributed to Hispanic Federation President and CEO Frankie Miranda: "It has been a little more than a week since Hamas launched its horrific and unconscionable attack against Israel. During that time, w  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The Hispanic Federation, an organization that supports and strengthens Latino institutions through education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment and the environment, issued the following fact sheet: * * * A STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT PUERTO RICO Last year, Hispanic Federation (HF) marked the five-year remembrance of Hurricanes Maria and Irma by releasing a report - Building a Stronger and More Resilient Puerto Rico - detailing the progre  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- House Majority PAC, an organization that says it focuses on electing Democrats to the House of Representatives, issued the following news release: With the government shutdown clock dwindling to 29 days and US allies desperately in need of critical aid, New York Republicans Nick LaLota, George Santos, Anthony D'Esposito, Mike Lawler, Marc Molinaro, and Brandon Williams continue to put politics over people. Shamelessly ignoring the best interests of New Yorkers and the Amer  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- House Majority PAC, an organization that says it focuses on electing Democrats to the House of Representatives, issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2023: * * * House Republicans, including New York Republicans Nick LaLota, George Santos, Anthony D'Esposito, Mike Lawler, Marc Molinaro, and Brandon Williams, are no closer to electing a speaker than they were three weeks ago and continue to do nothing for their constituents. With a looming government shutdown and US a  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * Bangladesh Officials Risk Inciting Violence By Julia Bleckner, Senior Researcher, Asia Division and Global Health Initiative At a "Peace and Development Rally" organized on October 9 by Bangladesh's ruling Awami League, a government official responded to perceived criticism over the government's recent import of Russian uranium by reportedly threatening to "pour the Russian uranium on the heads of  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * California's Governor Should Raise Rights Along with Climate in China By Maya Wang California Governor Gavin Newsom is heading on a weeklong trip to China, including Hong Kong, beginning October 23. The trip aims to focus on actions to address climate change. According to a media report, Newsom's office was quick to assert he would "steer clear" of "human rights issues in Hong Kong and China's Xin  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * French High Court Recognizes Racial Profiling, But Fails to Order the State to Stop It By Benedicte Jeannerod and Almaz Teffera For the first time in France, the Council of State, the country's highest administrative court, has recognized the existence of racial profiling by the police during identity checks. This is historic. But the court failed to order French authorities to take the necessary   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Oct. 17, 2023: * * * Kyrgyzstan's Parliament Considering Draft Law To Curb Civil Society By Syinat Sultanalieva This Tuesday, Kyrgyzstan's parliament is set to hold the first reading of the highly repressive "foreign representatives" draft law, which would interfere with the activities of nongovernmental organizations receiving funding from abroad. If adopted, the bill would have a chilling effect on Kyrgyzstan's vibr  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Oct. 15, 2023: * * * Setback for Indigenous Rights in Australia By Daniela Gavshon Australia's referendum to enshrine a First Nations voice in the country's constitution was unsuccessful. But the spotlight remains on the Australian government to ensure First Nations people's rights to self-determination, and full and effective participation are properly realized. Establishing an Indigenous Voice to parliament was put  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Oct. 18, 2023: * * * Uzbekistan Should Investigate Claims of Ill-Treatment, Torture By Mihra Rittmann Last week, Uzbek blogger Abduqodir Muminov alleged in court that he was tortured while in detention. During an appeal hearing, Muminov alleged that police "electrocuted my body, kicked and crushed my genitals, repeatedly hit my leg with a special baton ... [and] broke my rib." In August, Muminov was sentenced to seve  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should press Chinese President Xi Jinping to end Chinese authorities' crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other serious rights abuses in China during his upcoming visit, Human Rights Watch said today. Guterres is expected to attend the third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on October 17 and 18, 2023, to mark the 10th anniversary of China's global infrastructure initia  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: In September this year, Azerbaijan regained control of all of Nagorno-Karabakh, which had been de facto controlled for 30 years by its majority ethnic Armenian population. Ethnic Armenian forces surrendered to Azerbaijan after one day of fighting, and nearly all of the region's 120,000 ethnic Armenians fled. Agnessa and her family were among them. Azerbaijani authorities have repeatedly said everyone's rights will be pr  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: No two armed conflicts are the same. But the demands of international humanitarian law to protect civilians apply to all: do not deliberately or indiscriminately attack civilians, do not take hostages, do not punish civilians for the actions of individuals, do not deny or withhold humanitarian assistance. The principle of nonreciprocity inherent in the laws of war also applies to all conflicts. Violations of these laws   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Oct. 16, 2023: * * * Japan Court Rules Against Mandatory Transgender Sterilization By Kanae Doi and Kyle Knight A Japanese family court has ruled that the country's requirement that transgender people be surgically sterilized to change their legal gender is unconstitutional. The ruling is the first of its kind in Japan, and comes as the Supreme Court considers a separate case about the same issue. In 2021, Gen Suzuki  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: The unplanned, closed-door UN negotiations in Vienna are a last-ditch attempt to bridge differences among governments on the treaty's scope and on what role, if any, human rights should play not only in the design of the treaty but also in its implementation and eventual enforcement, write Deborah Brown and Katitza Rodriguez. In the last few months alone, cybercrime has disrupted government services by taking down an e-  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: When Hamas-led Palestinian fighters launched their deadly assault in Israel on October 7, many foreign governments rushed to support Israel. The United States was particularly fervent in declaring that Israel had a right to self-defense, and it expedited military assistance to the country without conditions. Now, Israel appears ready for a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip in an effort, it says, to destroy Hamas. The Is  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: Last week, Hamas-led fighters crossed into Israel and massacred Israeli civilians, killing hundreds and taking scores hostage, including children, people with disabilities and older people. The militants ambushed partygoers at a rave, shot families and set fire to homes. Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza have indiscriminately fired thousands of rockets at Israeli towns, causing death and injury. Hamas has committed nu  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- The Insurance Information Institute issued the following news release: The economic drivers of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry could cumulatively expand faster than the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024 and may outperform the overall U.S. economy by 2025, according to the Insurance Information Institute's (Triple-I) latest Insurance Economics Outlook. "Growth drivers specific to P/C performance have been improving faster in 2023 than the res  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Oct. 20 -- The Security Industry Association issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: ISC East, the Northeast's leading security and public safety event built by RX Global, hosted in collaboration with premier sponsor the Security Industry Association (SIA) and in partnership with ASIS NYC, is proud to present an expansive slate of keynote speakers and educational programming at this year's conference. ISC East attendees are invited to participate in all program  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following statement on Oct. 17, 2023: * * * As leaders of seven of the largest Jewish communities in the Diaspora, we are heartened by the outpouring of solidarity with Israel from our governments in the aftermath of the barbarous Hamas attack of October 7, 2023. As this war continues into its second week, the death toll of the Hamas massacre is up to 1400 Israelis, with over 4000 wounded, and as many as 199 still being held captive in  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- JDRF, a non-profit dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: The results of the PROTECT clinical trial shared today by Sanofi and presented at the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) annual conference demonstrate that TZIELD, the first disease-modifying therapy available to delay clinical T1D in people at risk of developing the disease, can also be effective in newly diagnosed   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- The Lawfare Project, an organization that provides legal counsel and services, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2023: Yesterday, The Lawfare Project filed a complaint against Rep. Rashida Tlaib with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE). The complaint, which appears below, asserts that Tlaib directly violated Rule 1 of the U.S. House of Representatives' Code of Official Conduct by publishing a statement on her X (formerly Twitter) account that falsely and re  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The Local Initiatives Support Corp. issued the following news release: As the affordable housing gap continues to widen in Charlotte, the Charlotte office of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC Charlotte) announces the launch of the second iteration of the Charlotte Housing Opportunity Investment Fund (CHOIF II). The funding will support both new construction and existing affordable housing developments. Building upon the success of CHOIF I, CHOIF II welcom  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The Local Initiatives Support Corp. issued the following news release: Today Enterprise Community Partners, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced plans to publish the seminal text on community development and climate change, What's Possible: Investing NOW for Prosperous, Sustainable Neighborhoods. The book will channel the voices of 30 leading climate and community development experts to lay out the cha  more

LATHAM, New York, Oct. 19 -- The New York State School Boards Association issued the following news release: Longtime school board members Guy Leggio of the Bay Shore School District and Bob Vecchio of the William Floyd School District will be honored with the New York State School Boards Association's highest award for school board service when members from around the state gather in Buffalo next week. The Everett R. Dyer Award for Distinguished School Board Service is given annually to a cur  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2023: * * * Statement from Liz Russell, Louisiana State Director, Environmental Defense Fund * * * The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Office of Conservation has finalized stronger rules in an effort to reduce the state's orphan well problem. The rule stands to improve the management of the 17,000 future utility, or non-productive oil and gas wells by encouraging their proper closure, an   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- Physicians for Human Rights issued the following statement on Oct. 17, 2023: * * * In response to news that the lawyers representing asylum-seeking families separated by the Trump administration had reached a settlement deal with the U.S. Department of Justice, the following statement is attributable to Tessa Wilson, senior program officer of the PHR asylum program: "PHR had long called on the U.S. administration to provide redress to victims and survivors who suffered ha  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Oct. 19, 2023, to CNN: * * * The Perfect Storm Hitting Homebuyers By Judge Glock Anyone looking to buy a house knows that this is not a great time. During the pandemic, mortgage rates were at their lowest level in history and housing was cheaper. It took just about 20% of the median family income to pay for a mortgage with 20% down. Today, mortgage interest rates are up -- the 30-year fixed rate is  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the Commentary Magazine on Oct. 17, 2023: * * * The Question of Elon Musk By James B. Meigs In Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, young Lemuel Gulliver survives a shipwreck and washes up on the island of Lilliput. Despite standing a mere six inches high, the Lilliputians are a vain and self-important race. They are also clever, as Gulliver realizes when he awakens from a long slumber on the grass  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Oct. 19, 2023, to Commentary Magazine: * * * Too Much Freedom By Tal Fortgang Review of 'The Individualists' by Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi Every social movement, no matter how iconoclastic, has its traditions. The live-free-or-die hard-liners who gathered at the 2016 Libertarian Party presidential-candidate debate honored one of their traditions when they booed their eventual nominee, Gary John  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the Institute for Family Studies on Oct. 17, 2023: * * * Why Are Rural Kids More Upwardly Mobile? By Robert VerBruggen Over the course of American history, economic activity, population, and wealth have shifted from rural areas to cities. Rural America is famously "left behind." So why are kids who grow up in rural areas more upwardly mobile? That's one of many questions raised, in part,   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 14 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New York Post: * * * A Far Tamer NYPD Is Not Ready for NYC Terror By Rafael A. Mangual When it comes to effective policing, New York is very much a victim of its own success. After more than a quarter-century of declining street crime -- and more than two decades since the attacks of September 11, 2001 -- relative peace has left many New Yorkers unwilling to return to the often aggressive polic  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New York Post on Oct. 15, 2023: * * * A Week of War Showcased Mayor Eric Adams' Best - and the Rest By Nicole Gelinas After Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack killed more than 1,300 people in Israel, including 29 Americans, New Yorkers remembered why they elected Mayor Eric Adams nearly two years ago. He was the only city official who showed he intuitively understands what's at stake -- able to put in  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 14 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New York Post: * * * Why Climate-Swap Debt Is a Bad Idea By Allison Schrager Last month, the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing movement got a hard reality check about one of its favorite financial tools. Known as debt-for-nature or climate swaps, the tool played a role in a recent coup in Gabon. The nation's democratically elected government was overthrown by rival militant  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Oct. 19, 2023, to The Critic: * * * Being "Anti-woke" as a Protected Philosophical Belief By Eric Kaufmann and James Murray How can we protect free speech in professional environments Can employees resist woke indoctrination in their workplace without being penalised? A series of legal rulings in Britain suggests the answer now is "yes". This could upend the entire edifice of compulsory critical t  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Oct. 18, 2023, to The Dispatch: * * * Americans Shrug Off Historic Debt Surge By Brian Riedl The budget deficit just doubled to $2 trillion. Don't expect it to shrink anytime soon. While much attention has been (justifiably) focused on the brutal attacks in Israel, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) quietly released some alarming numbers. The budget deficit for the 2023 fiscal year--which concl  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Oct. 19, 2023, to the Washington Free Beacon: * * * Who Pays for Reparations? By Charles Fain Lehman How America's changing demographic reality makes reparations a non-starter Reparations for slavery are having a moment. Progressive Democrats made support for reparations a key part of their 2020 pitch, and nearly 200 cosponsored a House resolution to create a commission to study the idea. State an  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following news release: Reparations for slavery, while not new, have gained political momentum in the aftermath of the 2020 racial reckoning. In California, a reparations task force recently recommended that eligible black residents receive payments totaling $1.2 million each; in Chicago, the suburb of Evanston committed to paying $10 million to its black residents in reparations for discriminatory housing policy. Proponents argue  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- The New York City Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: Today, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), and New York State Empire State Development announced plans for the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub New York (CZ Biohub NY), a new biomedical research hub in New York City that will leverage a nearly $300 million public-  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The CFA Institute, an association of investment professionals, issued the following news release: Mercer and CFA Institute have released the 15th annual Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index (MCGPI). The Netherlands' retirement income system has regained the top spot on the list, with Iceland and Denmark taking second and third places respectively. "The average age of populations around the world continues to rise in many markets, mainly more mature markets,"   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news on Oct. 15, 2023: Late Thursday night, October 12, the Israeli military warned the more than 1 million people living in northern Gaza to evacuate within 24 hours and move to the southern part of the territory. This marked a further escalation of the Israel-Gaza war, sparked by the mass killing of civilians in Israel by Hamas militants on October 7 and followed by ongoing massive attacks on civili  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following statement on Oct. 18, 2023: * * * As the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) holds a hearing today on the nomination of Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is calling on her to commit to better aligning the agency's medical research and development (R&D) agenda with the world's m  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The Muscular Dystrophy Association issued the following news release: The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) celebrates the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of ZILBRYSQ(R) zilucoplan for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) in adult patients who are anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody-positive. Zilucoplan is the first once-daily subcutaneous, targeted C5 complement inhibitor for gMG, and it is the only once-daily gMG-target t  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The New York City Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) announced today the beginning of the Uniform Land Use Review Process "ULURP" for the Willets Point Phase 2 development that was announced last fall by Mayor Adams. The next phase of development will bring 1,400 units of 100% affordable housing, a new public school, 40,000 square feet of new public open space, retail space,   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- The New York City Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today announced the launch of the Venture Access Alliance, a coalition of more than 70 New York City startup investors whose goal and mission will be to continue to increase diversity in the city's tech and venture ecosystem. The Alliance will achieve this by working to develop diverse workforces, sourcing deals from Black,  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 19 -- The National Community Pharmacists Association issued the following news release: In comments to the New York Department of Financial Services' Pharmacy Benefits Bureau, the National Community Pharmacists Association commended proposed regulations to govern the conduct of pharmacy benefit managers operating in the state and also offered constructive recommendations to help the final rule be most effective. Among other suggestions, NCPA advised the bureau to est  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 20 -- The Interstate Renewable Energy Council issued the following news release: The Interstate Renewable Energy Council today released a report that provides guidance on the use of "group studies," an emerging practice to streamline the interconnection of distributed energy resources (DERs) -- such as solar PV, community solar, and energy storage -- to the electric distribution grid. The report, Thinking Outside the Lines: Group Studies in the Distribution Interconnecti  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The New York City Anti-Violence Project issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * Hate crimes against LGBTQ people increased since last year according to new FBI data. Bias crimes motivated by sexual orientation and gender identity were up in 2022 over last year, representing one fifth of total hate crimes tracked by the FBI. Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project, Beverly Tillery, responds: "This data reflects the sad reality our comm  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The New York City Bar Association issued the following news release: The New York City Bar Association has completed evaluations of the following candidates who are running in general elections on November 7 for District Attorney, Surrogate's Court, Civil Court and Supreme Court. The review was conducted by the Association's Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee uses two ratings: Approved and Not Approved. Candidates rated Approved have affirmatively demonstrated quali  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following statement: * * * Today, Mayor Eric Adams announced that asylum seeker families with children will be limited to 60 day stays in shelters, after which they will need to reapply for a new placement. The administration also announced that some families would be placed in congregate settings. Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition: "It's outrageous the way the Adams administration continues to  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (TNScapv) -- Action Against Hunger issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023, with 236 organizations: We have witnessed unfathomable death and destruction in the Gaza Strip and Israel. Thousands of people have been killed, injured, displaced, and nearly two hundred remain held hostage, including children and elderly. In Gaza, the UN has said that water, food, fuel, medical supplies, and even body bags, are running out due to the siege. The UN warned that people - partic  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Open Society Justice Initiative issued the following news release: The Open Society Justice Initiative has submitted legal arguments before a United States federal appeal court aimed at preserving the rights of the people of Afghanistan to $3.5 billion of the country's foreign assets--funds that are at risk of seizure from private U.S. legal claims against the ruling Taliban. Several cases currently before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit center on doll  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Open Space Institute issued the following news: * * * Nation's newest National Wildlife Refuge will preserve water quality and wildlife habitat * * * The Open Space Institute's (OSI) Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund (ALPF) played a vital role in the creation of the newest addition to the United States' National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) System. The 87-acre Niedergeses property established the Paint Rock River NWR situated along the border of Tennessee and Alabama.   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following agency statement on Oct. 20, 2023: * * * Your Excellencies, Honorable Chairperson, Honorable Commissioners, all distinguished participants, and guests present, We welcome this opportunity to engage with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (African Commission) during its 77th session. Despite improvements on several rights issues across the continent, our organization seeks to highlight issues of concern that, we bel  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Orthodox Union, also known as Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Teach Coalition, a project of the Orthodox Union dedicated to advocating for government funding and resources for nonpublic schools, today announced the launch of a new security-focused initiative, Project Protect. Building on a decade of experience in this space, Project Protect will tackle the issue of security on multiple fronts - advoc  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- PEN America issued the following news release: In response to the decision by the Frankfurt Book Fair to cancel its forthcoming award ceremony in honor of Palestinian writer Adania Shibli's Minor Detail, Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, Chief Program Officer, Literary Programming at PEN America said: "PEN America is distressed that a Palestinian author is being denied an award meant to honor a diverse range of voices worldwide simply to avoid controversy. Any decision to not honor   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- PEN America issued the following news release: Amid a nationwide wave of campus protests related to the Israel-Hamas war, CEOs of numerous private companies are publicly renouncing students who have made anti-Israel statements. Last week, a law firm rescinded a job offer to the president of the Student Bar Association at New York University Law School because of their anti-Israel remarks in an SBA newsletter. Several business leaders have publicly pledged not to hire any st  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- PEN America issued the following news release: PEN America mourns the devastating loss of civilian lives in Gaza and condemns threats to free expression and the free flow of vital information to the public, including the international community, arising out of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas. As part of a comprehensive response to this conflict, international efforts should focus on ensuring the availability of accurate information essential to resolving th  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: In a statement, PEN America responded to news that Scholastic Book Fair, in a decision that reacts to enacted and passed state legislation, created a case of diverse books for schools to use at book fairs, allowing some schools to opt out, limit, or partition their use of these titles: PEN America shares the dismay we are hearing from authors over news that, at Scholastic Book Fairs, access to certain books by  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: PEN America strongly condemns the detention by the Russian government of Alsu Kurmasheva, a Prague-based journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), for failing to register as a "foreign agent." If convicted, Kurmasheva would be the first person ever arrested on charges of violating Russia's foreign agents law, which carries a penalty of up to 5 years in prison. Kurmasheva, who holds both Russian   more

WASHINGTIN, Oct. 20 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: Today, PETA Honorary Director James Cromwell joined experts to speak at a Congressional briefing sponsored by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), co-chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, on the deadly and deceptive monkey-importation industry, which presents risks for contagious disease outbreaks, threatens endangered species, subjects monkeys to horrific experiments,  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: To mark the one-year anniversary of the announcement of Ryder's death--after the horse collapsed on Ninth Avenue in 2022--Hocus Pocus star Kathy Najimy has teamed up with PETA for an exclusive video calling on viewers to support Ryder's Law, which would ban horse-drawn carriages and replace them with eco-friendly electric vehicles. Najimy is one of numerous celebrities who are speaking out again  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- The Peter G. Peterson Foundation issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2023: * * * Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, commented today as the Treasury Department announced the fiscal year 2023 deficit. Peterson said: "The deficit has essentially doubled in just one year. That's very alarming, but the fact that the deficit grew so much during a time of economic growth is an even more serious warning sign for our nation's future. "We are seei  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- Physicians for Human Rights issued the following news release: * * * PHR is in Geneva this week to spotlight evidence of human rights violations in the United States before one of the most wide-ranging international human rights treaties. * * * The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) touches on a wide array of rights ranging from the freedoms of assembly and expression to freedom from torture to equality under the law. On October 17 and 18, the U  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 -- Physicians for Human Rights issued the following statement on Oct. 17, 2023: * * * In response to reports by the Palestinian Health Ministry that a strike on Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital in Gaza City has killed hundreds of civilians, the following quote is attributable to Sam Zarifi, JD, LLM, executive director at Physicians for Human Rights (PHR): "The catastrophic strike on Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital is among the deadliest attacks on health care across any conflict in the   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 (TNScapv) -- Access Now, an organization that says it defends and extends the rights of people and communities at risk, issued the following agency statement on Oct. 18, 2023, with 29 organizations: * * * For the attention of European Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, We, the undersigned organisations, are writing to you in response to four letters you have recently addressed to Meta, X, TikTok, and most recently, YouTube, in relation to the spread of disinfor  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- The Union for Reform Judaism issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2023: * * * Urges Swift Release of Hostages and Humanitarian Relief * * * Two weeks after Hamas's horrific attack on Israel, our shared pain over the lives so violently taken grows deeper each hour. The agony of bereaved families, the torment of those awaiting news of kidnapped loved ones, and the anguish of the survivors know no bounds. As we have always done in difficult times, we find solace in  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, condemned Mayor Eric Adam's use of AI to simulate his voice in robocalls to New Yorkers in dozens of languages the mayor doesn't actually speak. Adams' robocall revelation came during the rollout of the city's self-described plan for responsible artificial intellige  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, condemned NYPD's launch of a pilot program using artificial intelligence to assess police bodycam footage. NYPD announced they contracted with Truleo, a private firm that uses AI to analyze audio from bodycams to evaluate police conduct. The civil rights group warne  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, launched a tracker for state laws regulating Artificial Intelligence and other Automated Decision Systems ("ADS"), including ADS used in employment, schools, and policing. The tracker comes as ADS are increasingly ubiquitous in American life. The civil rights group   more

FRISCO, Texas, Oct. 17 -- The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the Christian Church, issued the following news: Global icon, singer-songwriter, actor, New York Times best-selling author, businesswoman, philanthropist, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dolly Parton will perform live at AT&T Stadium for The Salvation Army's Red Kettle Kickoff Halftime Show during the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game against the Washington Commanders, airing on CBS. The Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Da  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 21 -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2023: * * * Today, Governor Hochul vetoed a well-vetted bill that is critical for Empire Wind's cable landing to come onshore and connect to the electric grid. This comes just over a week after the Governor and the Public Service Commission rejected an inflation adjustment petition that would've supported existing offshore wind projects while protecting ratepayers from volatile and unpredictable fracked gas  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- The Sikh Coalition issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: On Sunday, a 19-year-old Sikh man was struck repeatedly while riding a New York City MTA bus. His turban was specifically targeted, and the perpetrator used xenophobic language throughout the incident. The Sikh Coalition has since connected with the young man to offer legal aid and other support. Though he wishes to remain anonymous, he issued the following statement: "I am shaken and angered by this a  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The Sikh Coalition issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Today, the Sikh Coalition is releasing a new resource directed to law enforcement agencies titled 'Guide to Investigating and Prosecuting Bias/Hate-Motivated Crimes Against Sikhs.' This guide is the first of its kind from the Sikh Coalition, meant to aid both police and prosecutors as they serve the Sikh community--which remains one of the most targeted religious groups in the nation for hate cr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The ERISA Industry Committee issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) submitted public comments this week expressing deep concerns with regulations proposed by the New York State Department of Financial Services in "Proposed Consolidated Rulemaking for Insurance Regulations 219, 224, and 226-229," which would implement a state statute enacted in 2021 covering pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and their network practices. In i  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 (TNScapv) -- The Jewish Council for Public Affairs issued the following statement on Oct. 17, 2023, with 142 organizations: Since Hamas' terror attacks in Israel on October 7th, we've seen bigots and extremists exploit the crisis to spread hate, disinformation, and extremism. This is a moment of deep Jewish pain, mourning the lives taken and praying for the safe release of the hostages in Gaza - and this pain and fear is compounded by a horrific rise in antisemitism here in t  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * * Since it began in 2014, the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders has trained 32 new clinician-scientist leaders around the world and is on track to graduate 72 by the year 2028. * As one of the earliest and most supportive champions of The Michael J. Fox Foundation's mission, the Edmond J. Safra Foundation through this program has made s  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The New York Community Trust issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: The New York Community Trust today announced nearly $10.1 million in grants to 64 nonprofits dedicated to improving the lives of New Yorkers and enhancing quality of life throughout the city and beyond. This latest round of grants supports local organizations addressing critical community needs across health, education, human justice, economic and workforce development, the environment, and ar  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2023: The captivating work of Max Beerbohm, the English artist and author noted for his satirical celebrity caricatures, comes to life in an exciting new exhibition at The New York Public Library's iconic 42nd Street building. Opening October 20, Max Beerbohm: The Price of Celebrity maps Beerbohm's illustrious career during the turn of the 20th century, addressing the concept of fame and tracing the t  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- Physicians for Human Rights issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: * * * PHR experts were in Geneva to advocate for health, human rights, and accountability for Ethiopia, Syria, and Ukraine. * * * The 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded last week with at best mixed results - and certainly mixed signals - regarding the Council's commitment to health and human rights. Together with national, regional, and international partners  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * On October 18th, the 51st Anniversary of the Clean Water Act, more than 100 members of the House of Representatives introduced legislation that would undo the devastating impacts of the Supreme Court's ruling in Sackett v. EPA and restore essential clean water protections for rivers, lakes, wetlands, streams, and other essential waterbodies. Unfortunately, the bill also includes provisions that wo  more

BRONX, New York, Oct. 20 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: The Wildlife Conservation Society has partnered with the New York WILD Film Festival and The Picture House Regional Film Center for an afternoon of New York WILD'S "Best of the Fest" on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, in Bronxville starting at 2pm. "Best of the Fest" will feature five films selected from the ninth annual New York WILD Film Festival in March 2023. Films include Walking on Clouds, Haulout, Wa  more

OSSINING, New York, Oct. 19 -- Riverkeeper issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: In response to the Department of Environmental Conservation's announcement of new water quality criteria for the waters surrounding New York City and up to the Bear Mountain Bridge, Riverkeeper, the leading environmental organization dedicated to protecting the Hudson River, and Save the Sound, the leading environmental organization dedicated to protecting Long Island Sound, call on New York State to   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 19 -- Save the Sound issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: In response to the Department of Environmental Conservation's announcement of new water quality criteria for the waters surrounding New York City and up to the Bear Mountain Bridge, Riverkeeper, the leading environmental organization dedicated to protecting the Hudson River, and Save the Sound, the leading environmental organization dedicated to protecting Long Island Sound, call on New York St  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The World Jewish Congress issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: In an essential dialogue amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder met today with Pope Francis at the Vatican. During their audience Thursday, Amb. Lauder appealed to the pope to continue to leverage his moral authority to urge for the safe return of Israeli hostages held in Gaza in the aftermath of Hamas' assault on the Jewis  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- The World Jewish Congress issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2023: Today, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder took to the pages of The New York Times and The Washington Post and in two full-page advertisements, thanked President Biden and congressional leadership of both political parties for their support. The Biden administration and Republican and Democratic leaders alike have stood strong in support of Israel and the Jewish people in the eight d  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 -- The Women's Refugee Commission issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023: * * * Following nearly two weeks of bombing across the Gaza Strip, and in advance of President Biden's address to the nation tonight, Sarah Costa, executive director of the Women's Refugee Commission, issued the following statement: "Large parts of Gaza are being reduced to rubble. More than 3,700 people - Palestinian families, journalists, medical staff, humanitarian workers - have been kille  more