WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release: Amtrak, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, other officials and Hudson Tunnel Project Sponsor the Gateway Development Commission (GDC) celebrated the start of construction in New York on the Hudson Tunnel Project and the final phase o  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Nov. 2, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - September 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Region  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Nov. 2, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - September 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.7 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commiss  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on Oct. 31, 2023, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Connecticut - First Quarter 2023": * * * From December 2022 to March 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Connecticut were 87,749, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 75,054, the U.S. Burea  more

UPTON, New York, Nov. 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Radiopharmaceutical expert plans to expand and improve isotope research and production to help meet nation's growing needs * * * Cathy Sue Cutler, who has served as director of the Medical Isotope Research and Production (MIRP) program at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory since 2015, has been tapped to lead a newly crea  more

CHAMPLAIN, New York, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Champlain Port of Entry seized a commercial shipment of children's sleepwear that failed flammability requirement standards. Back in August, CBP officers examined a shipment of children's sleepwear that were manufactured in China. Working in collaboration with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a new analysis on state Community Reinvestment Act laws, highlighting how states ensure financial institutions' lending, services, and investment activities meet the credit needs of their communities. The report examined the laws of seven states (Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Washingt  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On October 11, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York sentenced former pilot Noah Felice to 1 month of incarceration, 3 years of supervised release (including 3 months of home confinement), and a $100 court assessment. Felice was convicted on December 7, 2022, for making false statements to FAA. On a September 2  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On October 10, 2023, Frank Lizza, owner and officer of Intercounty Paving Associates, LLC, and Ramon De Los Santos, an Intercounty employee, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York to making false statements to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Intercounty provided road construction and paving  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW YORK -- On Oct. 27, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City arrested Neftali Caal-Chocoj, a 50-year-old citizen of Guatemala, who was convicted of rape in the second degree: sexual intercourse with another person who is incapable of consent by reason of being mentally disabled. The unlawfully present noncitizen was convicted of the Class D   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 -- The White House issued the following remarks by First Lady Jill Biden at a White House Historical Association gala: * * * Thank you, John, for that warm introduction. And Al - it's so great to see you and Deborah! On this day, 223 years ago, President John Adams wrote a letter to his wife Abigail. The day before, he had officially moved into a new building made of whitewashed stone in Washington, DC. While the building was a grand structure, it was unfinished - with a l  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-04-22-02035) entitled "New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Charged Some Unallowable Costs to Its CDC COVID-19 Award" filed under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit Congress approved COVID-19 funding for HHS's pandemic response efforts, including funding to the Centers for Disease Control  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu, and other officials joined Amtrak and Hudson Tunnel Project Sponsor the Gateway Development  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release: A four-count indictment was unsealed yesterday in Brooklyn charging Nikita Arkhipov, Nikolay Grigorev and Artem Oloviannikov with conspiracy and other charges related to an export control scheme to benefit companies affiliated with the Russian military. Grigorev, a Brooklyn resident, was arrested on November 1, 2023. Arkhipov and Oloviannikov remain at large. As  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2023: A criminal complaint was unsealed yesterday in Brooklyn charging Nikolay Goltsev, Salimdzhon Nasriddinov and Kristina Puzyreva, with conspiracy and other charges related to a global procurement scheme on behalf of sanctioned Russian entities, including companies affiliated with the Russian military. Some of the electronic components and integrate  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Larby Amirouche was sentenced by United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto to 20 months in prison for his role in fraudulent internet marketing schemes utilizing e-commerce websites that purported to sell various dietary supplements, hair care products, skin care products, testosterone, an  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, United States District Judge Joan M. Azrack sentenced Dennis Wolfolk of Marietta, Georgia, to 57 months in prison for possessing firearms in relation to a larger scheme to purchase and illegally transport into New York more than two dozen handguns. Wolfolk pleaded guilty in May 2023 to being a felon in po  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ELIZABETH TORRES was sentenced to one year and one day in prison today for a decade-long workers' compensation fraud scheme. TORRES duped the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") into paying her more than $600,000 in federal disability benefits by falsely cl  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that BRIJESH GOEL, a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for insider trading and obstruction of justice. GOEL was previously convicted after a seven-day trial before U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel. U.S. At  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Braden John Karony, Kyle Nagy, and Thomas Smith with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy for their roles in defrauding investors in a decentralized finance digital asset called "SafeMoon" (SFM) that was issued by their company   more

BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2023: A two-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip charging four men with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and money laundering conspiracy in connection with a scheme to steal millions of dollars from a global financial services company based in Menlo Park, California. The charges arise from a wide-ranging scheme by   more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Carla B. Freedman, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: Atniel Pagan, age 24, of Catskill, New York, pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, and to possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; David L. McNulty, United States Marshal for the Northern District of N  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Naomi Gruchacz, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General ("HHS-OIG"), announced the unsealing of a five-count Indictment charging MANISHKUMAR PATEL in connection with a health  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALEXANDER GULKAROV pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with his orchestration of a $40 million fraud targeting no-fault automobile insurance companies. GULKAR  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Marquis Douglas, a narcotics trafficker who operated a drug business that was responsible for the distribution of large quantities of cocaine and fentanyl, along with other illicit substances throughout the North Fork of Long Island, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Joanna Seybert  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Carla B. Freedman, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: Arthur Hanvey, age 65, of Delanson, New York, was sentenced today to 1 year of probation and to pay restitution for his theft of government property. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Christopher Algieri, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Field Office of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector Ge  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Carla B. Freedman, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2023: Jeffrey C. Civitello Jr., age 24, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to traffic more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, and to possessing two firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adm  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Carla B. Freedman, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2023: Jeffrey C. Civitello, Sr., age 52, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for conspiring to traffic about 15 kilograms of cocaine in March and April 2021. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Div  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANDREW GARSON, a public relations executive, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court in connection with a scheme to defraud his former employers of millions of dollars. Pursuant to his plea agreement with the Government, GARSON agreed to pay $3,754,06  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Carla B. Freedman, issued the following news release: Jose Cintron, age 26, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 151 months (over 12 years) in federal prison for his convictions for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug E  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John Gay, the Inspector General of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (the "Port Authority"), announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging ALEKSANDR DEREBENETC, a/k/a "Sasha Novgorod," and KIRILL SHIPULIN, a/k/a "Kirill Russia," with two counts of c  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Carla B. Freedman, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: Bernabe Lopez, age 58, of Utica, New York, pled guilty yesterday to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Carla Freedman; Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division and Thomas Fattorusso  more

PATCHOGUE, New York, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting public input on the Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Management program for Fire Island National Seashore. This effort aims to evaluate ORV use at the Seashore and the existing ORV regulation to allow for appropriate vehicular access while protecting park resources and safe visitor experience. In addition, the NPS plans to revise the c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56822) involving FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant, New York: * * * Facility: FitzPatrick Region: 1 State: NY Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Mike Lewis HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Herrity Notification Date: 10/30/2023 Notification Time: 17:06 [ET] Event Date: 10/30/2023 Event Time: 12:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 10/30/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 26.71  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56822) involving FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant, New York: * * * Facility: FitzPatrick Region: 1 State: NY Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Mike Lewis HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Herrity Notification Date: 10/30/2023 Notification Time: 17:06 [ET] Event Date: 10/30/2023 Event Time: 12:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 10/30/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 26.71  more

WESTBURY, New York, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 2 issued the following news release: A federal workplace safety investigation has found a Huntington contractor could have prevented a roofer's fatal fall at a Glen Cove worksite on April 14, 2023, by following legally required safeguards designed to prevent falls. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined the deceased worker and other   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: A former Air Police Sentry Dog handler visited the U.S. Air Force Security Forces Museum Oct. 26 Monaco visited the base for the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument 10-year celebration Oct. 27 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.  On March 7, 1972, while serving as a patrolman for the New York City Police Department, retired U.S. Air Force Ai  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - The findings from the annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2022 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site here. The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. A complementary survey measuring foreign portfolio hold  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jose Cintron, 26, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 151 months (over 12 years) in federal prison for his convictions for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Frank A. Tarentino III, Sp  more

WEST POINT, New York, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Eric S. Bartelt, PV Managing Editor The U.S. Military Academy and the West Point Association of Graduates recognized Lt. Col. McKinley C. Wood, USMA Class of 2001, as the recipient of the 18th annual Alexander R. Nininger Award for Valor at Arms during a dinner ceremony Oct. 26 at the Cadet Mess Hall. The award is intended to further the ideals of West Point by presenting an exemplar of heroism in the prof  more

WEST POINT, New York, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: Junior Soldiers, cadets and senior leaders gathered at the Superintendent's Conference Room to discuss the significant transition from being an enlisted Soldier to following the path of officership as part of the Soldier's Admission Program (SAP) on Oct. 13 at the U.S. Military Academy. Command Sgt. Maj. Phil Barretto, the USMA command sergeant major, engaged in discussion with nine Soldiers from the 11th Airb  more

WEST POINT, New York, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- The Military Academy issued the following academic news: By Meghan Dower-Rogers, USMA Academic Research Division "Is there a nobler pursuit than that of protecting our people and the organizations they serve and that serve their employees?" That is the question that Dr. Jonathan Roginski, program manager for the West Point Insider Threat Program and assistant professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy, poses at the  more