NEW YORK, Nov. 29 -- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued the following remarks on Nov. 27, 2023, at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York: * * * In just a few minutes, U.S. Attorney Williams and I will meet with some of our New York law enforcement partners. I am grateful to each of them for being here. And I look forward to our discussion. While these kinds of meetings between the Justice Department and our law enforcement partners are always important, the   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Nov. 21, 2023, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Boston-Cambridge-Newton - October 2023": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.792 a gallon in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area in October 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that area gasoline prices were little different from last Octobe  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Nov. 27, 2023, entitled "Connecticut Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2023": * * * Connecticut had 103,000 job openings in September 2023, compared to 96,000 openings in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the job openings rate in Connecticut was 5.7  more

LEWISTON, New York, Nov. 30 -- 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 Lewiston Bridge border crossing discovered 11 lbs. of marijuana in a commercial shipment. On November 28, CBP officers selected a cargo shipment that was manifested as a "Puzzle Activity Box" for an additional examination to ensure trade compliance. Upon further inspection of the shipment, CBP office  more

QUEENS, New York, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve issued the following news release: By Capt. Kevin Stapleton, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve Col. Brooks D. Braden assumed command of the Marine Innovation Unit from Col. Matthew C. Swindle during a change of command ceremony and the unit's first-ever Marine Corps Birthday Ball celebration hosted at Terrace On The Park here, November 5, 2023. Stood up in March 2022, the Marine Innovation Unit leverages existing Marine talent to  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW YORK - On Dec. 1, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City announced the arrest of a Dominican national convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree of a victim less than 13 where the defendant is 21 or older. ERO New York City's Fugitive Operations apprehended the 57-year-old child predator without incident pursuant to a warrant of arrest o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW YORK -- On Nov. 22, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City arrested an unlawfully present Mexican citizen convicted by the Monmouth County Superior Court of New Jersey for the offense of aggravated sexual assault of a victim less than 13 years old. ERO officers assigned to the Hudson Valley suboffice apprehended the 29-year-old child preda  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release on Nov. 27, 2023: The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLBNY") announced today the results of the 2023 election for four positions on the FHLBNY's Board of Directors ("Board") whose terms will each commence on January 1, 2024. The terms of all the positions will run for four years, expiring on December 31, 2027. The specific results of the el  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following notice of appearance (Docket No. 23-12) on Nov. 28, 2023: * * * 20230930-DK-BUTTERFLY-1, INC. v. MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY SA NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Please enter my appearance in this proceeding as counsel for Complainant 20230930DK-Butterfly-1, Inc., formerly known as Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. I am an attorney admitted to practice and in good standing before the courts of the State of New York and the Commonweal  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia L. Fudge visited New York City on November 28 and 29, where she was joined by Congresswoman Yvette Clark to visit a senior housing community that represents a joint venture with a faith-based institution focused on increasing the supply of affordable housing. The property has 100 apartment units for low-income seniors, includi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: A federal grand jury today indicted Richard Zagger, 58, of Blue Point, New York, charging him with conspiracy and obstruction of official proceedings relating to an investigation into a fatal construction accident. The four-count indictment alleges that Zagger was a supervisor for Northridge Construction Corporation, located in East Patchogue, Long Island, New York. On Dec. 8, 2018, Zagger  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:23-cv-05565; S.D.N.Y. filed June 29, 2023) involving Joseph M. Dupont et al.: * * * On November 27, 2023, the Honorable Vincent Marrero of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entered judgments by consent against defendants Joseph M. Dupont and Stanley Kaplan, who were each charged with insider trading in the securities of Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. P  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Matthew G. Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's National Security Division, Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"), and James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of th  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on Nov. 28, 2023: Richard Dale Sterritt, Jr., also known as "Richard Richman," pleaded guilty yesterday at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn to a five-count superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud, multiple counts of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. A trial in the case had been scheduled   more

BROOKLYN, New York, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2023: Earlier today, Hyun W. Lee, also known as Michael Lee, pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud his real estate clients and their counterparties of funds held in his attorney escrow account. Today's proceeding took place before United States District Judge Pamela K. Chen. W  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Edward A. Caban, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging DONXING Z  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Nov. 28, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of LAWRENCE BILLIMEK in connection with his participation in a multimillion-dollar insider trading scheme. BILLIMEK was arrested in December 2022 and pled guilty to securities fraud based on insider trading before U.S. District Judge Pau  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2023: Earlier today, Stuart Conklin, a former employee of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), pleaded guilty to making a false entry in a report required to be kept by the LIRR under federal laws governing rail road safety and operations. Conklin was charged with the offense in a criminal complaint in March 2021 and subsequently indicted in April 2022. To  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: Earlier today, Amaury Abreu, a former police officer with the New York City Police Department (NYPD), pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn to one count of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Between approximately January 2016 and October 2020, Abreu assisted a multinational drug trafficking org  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Daniel B. Brubaker, the Inspector in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service ("USPIS"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging MICHAEL CASTILLERO, a/k/a Michael Alejandro, FRANCINE LANAIA, and BRIAN MARTINSEN with cons  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on Nov. 28, 2023: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Melvi Amador-Rios, a leader of the Centrales Locos Salvatruchas (CLS) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, was sentenced by United States District Judge Rachel P. Kovner to life in prison for murder in-aid-of racketeering. The defendant was also se  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging two defendants, Walter Stanzione and William Neogra, with wire fraud conspiracy for systematically defrauding the City of New York. The defendants are charged with overbilling New York City agencies for more than a decade in connection with contracts to repair and maintain fir  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: Today, Daniel E. Russo was sentenced to 60 months in prison by United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, distribution and possession of oxycodone, and nine counts of filing false personal and corporate tax returns. In addition to the terms of imprisonment, Judge Ir  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Nov. 28, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRANKLIN RAY was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres to 212 months in prison for engaging in multiple fraud schemes, including a $40 million Ponzi scheme and two COVID-19 loan fraud schemes, and committing aggravated identity theft in c  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Carla B. Freedman, issued the following news release on Nov. 28, 2023: Ramel Gulley, age 28, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 240 months (20 years) in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for possessing and intending to distribute 400 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl and to possessing multiple firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. United   more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Carla B. Freedman, issued the following news release on Nov. 28, 2023: Ronnie Robinson, age 29, of Watervliet, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 90 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm as a felon, possessing and intending to distribute marijuana, and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. United States Attorney Carla B. Fr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56875) involving Indian Point Nuclear Plant, New York: * * * Facility: Indian Point Region: 1 State: NY Unit: [3] [] [] RX Type: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: John Digman HQ OPS Officer: Kerby Scales Notification Date: 11/29/2023 Notification Time: 17:02 [ET] Event Date: 11/29/2023 Event Time: 15:00 [EST] Last Update Date: 11/29/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR S  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56875) involving Indian Point Nuclear Plant, New York: * * * Facility: Indian Point Region: 1 State: NY Unit: [3] [] [] RX Type: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: John Digman HQ OPS Officer: Kerby Scales Notification Date: 11/29/2023 Notification Time: 17:02 [ET] Event Date: 11/29/2023 Event Time: 15:00 [EST] Last Update Date: 11/29/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR S  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56869) involving NRD LLC, Grand Island, New York: * * * Rep Org: New York State Dept. of Health Licensee: NRD, LLC Region: 1 City: Grand Island State: NY License #: NYSDOH C1391 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Daniel Samson HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross Notification Date: 11/22/2023 Notification Time: 12:17 [ET] Event Date: 11/19/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [EST] Last Update Date: 1  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56869) involving NRD LLC, Grand Island, New York: * * * Rep Org: New York State Dept. of Health Licensee: NRD, LLC Region: 1 City: Grand Island State: NY License #: NYSDOH C1391 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Daniel Samson HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross Notification Date: 11/22/2023 Notification Time: 12:17 [ET] Event Date: 11/19/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [EST] Last Update Date: 11  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on Nov. 27, 2023, on the Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act (H.R. 5283), which was introduced by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-New York, and 16 cosponsors: * * * The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 5283, which would prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide temporary shelter to certain noncitizens, including migrants seeking asylum, o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen spoke with Ambassador of the European Union to the United States Stavros Lambrinidis to thank him for his service to the transatlantic relationship during his time as Ambassador. Secretary Yellen expressed particular gratitude for the European Union's cooperation on sanctions, the G7 oil price cap, and support for Ukraine. She also wi  more

TYLER, Texas, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Damien M. Diggs, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: Five defendants, including laboratory executives and hospital executives, were found guilty of conspiring to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs today. Susan L. Hertzberg, 65, of New York, New York; Matthew John Theiler, 57, of Mars, Pennsylvania; David Weldon Kraus, 65, of Loudon, Tennessee; Thomas Gray Hardawa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Hi, I'm Chip Jenkins, Superintendent at Grand Teton National Park...AND...you're watching This Week at Interior! This Week at Interior The Department announced the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's approval of the Empire Wind project, the sixth commercial-scale offshore wind energy project approved since 2021. Once complete, the project offshore New York and New Jersey would have the capacity t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Matthew G. Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's National Security Division, Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Fi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: A New York woman and her son were sentenced in the District of Columbia on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, on a felony charge for their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential  more

KINGS POINT, New York, Nov. 28 -- The Maritime Administration's U.S. Merchant Marine Academy issued the following news release: On November 14th, seven First Class Midshipmen travelled from the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point to the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point to participate in the 2023 National Conference on Ethics in America hosted by USMA's Simon Center for Professional Military Ethic on November 15-16. Cadets and midshipmen from all five  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a moderated conversation on Nov. 29, 2023 by Vice President Kamala Harris with columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times 12th Annual Dealbook Summit held at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts: * * * MR. SORKIN: The Vice President, everybody. (Applause.) The Vice President is with us this afternoon, and it could be -- could not be a more timely time to speak with you. During her time in office, she has now vis  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The White House sent to the Senate on Nov. 30, 2023, the nominations of two individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Juan Carlos Iturregui, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Dominican Republic. * Deven J. Parekh, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States International Development Finance Corporation for a term of three years. (Reappointment) * * * O  more