NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Feb. 6, 2024, entitled "Boston Area Employment - December 2023": * * * Total nonfarm employment for the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, metropolitan area increased by 77,900 over the year in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the local rate of job  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Feb. 7, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.1 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Feb. 6, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.2 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissio  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on entitled "Fatal Work Injuries in Connecticut - 2022": * * * Fatal work injuries totaled 34 in 2022 for Connecticut, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Connecticut was up from the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal occupational injuries in the  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Feb. 8, 2024, entitled "Fatal Work Injuries in Connecticut - 2022": * * * Fatal work injuries totaled 34 in 2022 for Connecticut, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Connecticut was up from the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal occupational   more

NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Feb. 5, 2024, entitled "Union Members in Vermont - 2023": * * * In 2023, union members accounted for 14.3 percent of wage and salary workers in Vermont, compared with 12.1 percent in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the union membership rate for the state reached its peak in   more

UPTON, New York, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Advanced electron microscopy and computational modeling reveal clues that may help improve performance of superconducting components for quantum computers * * * Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have used a combination of scanning transmission electron  more

UPTON, New York, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2024: Students from Hunter College Middle School and Ward Melville High School are headed to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Science Bowl this spring after earning the top spots in the Long Island Regional Middle School and High School Science Bowl competitions hosted by DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Feb. 1 and 2. These are repeat wins  more

UPTON, New York, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Thin-film coating prevents oxidation that impairs superconductivity and quantum coherence * * * Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that adding a layer of magnesium improves the properties of tantalum, a superconducting material that shows great promise for building qubits, the basis of quant  more

UPTON, New York, Feb. 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Scientists demonstrate new genetic strategy for preventing breakdown of plant oils needed for biofuels and other products * * * Biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated a new way to boost the oil content of plant leaves and seeds. As described in the journal New Phytologist, the scientists ident  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, a complaint was unsealed charging Levar Jackson and Jaclyn Misuraca with conspiring to distribute fentanyl. As alleged, Jackson and Misuraca sold approximately 270 grams of fentanyl--often in broad daylight and in public locations across Long Island including outside of a nursing ho  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: Jan. 29 - Feb. 2 marked the second week of Microelectronics Commons (Commons) Hubs visits for representatives from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC)-Crane Division, and National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL). Representatives traveled to Massachusetts and New York where they met with Hub leaders an  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * Settlement Advances EPA's National Enforcement Priority of Protecting Communities from Coal Ash Contamination * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement under the Agency's Coal Ash (Coal Combustion Residuals) program with the Greenidge Generation LLC, an electrical generating plant in Dresden, New York. This settlement, the first under EPA  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Federal Voting Assistance Program issued the following news: The following states have elections for federal office in the next 90 days: P- Presidential Primary; S- State Primary; D- District Primary; T- Territory Primary; R- State Runoff *Dates subject to change. Election dates marked with an asterisk are updated and state-approved. February 2024: February 3rd: South Carolina (P) - Democratic February 6th: Nevada (P) Februa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The OCR Settlement with Montefiore Medical Center resolves multiple potential HIPAA Security Rule Violations Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a settlement with Montefiore Medical Center, a non-profit hospital system based in New York City for several potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accou  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: In two separate cases out of U.S. Attorneys' Offices on opposite coasts, several individuals are charged - one of whom was arrested yesterday - in connection with sophisticated schemes to transfer sensitive technology, goods, and information for the benefit of hostile foreign adversaries, in violation of U.S. law. In the Eastern District of New York, two Iranian nationals are charged with co  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: PEDRO SARANTE, age 42, a resident of Bronx, New York, was sentenced on February 1, 2024 by United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier to ninety-six (96) months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100.00 mandatory special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quan  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States; Lisa O. Monaco, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States; Christopher A. Wray, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"); Matthew G. Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security; and Jame  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States; Jocelyn E. Strauber, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation ("DOI"); Ivan J. Arvelo, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations ("HSI"); Rae Oliver Dav  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHANETTE LEWIS was sentenced today to three years in prison for her role in two fraud schemes. LEWIS participated in a scheme to commit COVID-19 pandemic fraud by (i) defrauding New York City's COVID-19 Hotel Room Isolation Program, and (ii) committing unempl  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: Ruby Ledesma, age 25, of Fresno, California, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols (THC). United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); Frank A. Tarentino III, Special A  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, a complaint was unsealed charging Levar Jackson and Jaclyn Misuraca with conspiring to distribute fentanyl. As alleged, Jackson and Misuraca sold approximately 270 grams of fentanyl--often in broad daylight and in public locations across Long Island including outside of a nursing home where Misurac  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Marat Lerner, the former president of a debt relief services business, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy and one count of committing wire fraud while he was on pre-trial release. Lerner admitted that he lied to his victims and that he stole money that the victims had intended to use t  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Luis Rivas, a member 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 35 years in prison for the May 16, 2017 fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Julio Vasquez i  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2024: Christopher Viagrande, age 41, of Latham, New York, was arrested earlier this week and charged with distributing controlled substances outside the course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration   more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Joseph Osei, a/k/a "Kyngjo," age 29, of Jamaica, New York, has been indicted on mail fraud and aggravated identity theft charges for fraudulently obtain pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits using stolen identities. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Jonathan Mellone, Special Agent in Charge, Northeast Region, United States Department of Labor,   more

ROCHESTER, New York, Feb. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Treshon Alexander, 31, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 400 grams of more of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert A. Marangola, who   more

BUFFALO, New York, Feb. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that the U.S. Attorney's Office has reached a settlement with a Williamsville, NY, nail salon to resolve allegations that the salon discriminated against an individual with a disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Under the settlement, Le Petit Nails & Spa Inc. will  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, two indictments were unsealed charging six defendants with defrauding court-appointed criminal defense attorneys. As alleged in the indictments, the defendants deposited stolen checks intended to reimburse the attorneys for their time and expenditures representing indigent defendants in federal  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that a jury returned a guilty verdict against JACOB CARTER, QUADRI SALAHUDDIN, and ANWAR SALAHUDDIN for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud the U.S. Small Business Administration (  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: Christopher Ward, a/k/a "Reek," age 45, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to defraud the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) by obtaining unemployment insurance benefits under the name of another person, including benefits funded by the federal government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made by   more

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: An indictment was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Abolfazl Bazzazi and Mohammad Resa Bazzazi, father and son respectively, with conspiring to illegally export U.S. goods and technology to end users in Iran, including the Government of Iran, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), and with attempte  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Feb. 7, 2024, at a campaign reception at a private residence: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you, thank you, thank you. Your son may not remember this, but one of the greatest honors I've had in my life -- for real -- is that every year at the end of the season of the -- of the interns -- excuse me, the pages coming in, they vote who their favorite senator was. I got voted five years in a row. (Laughter and applause.) So,   more

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Feb. 7, 2024, at a campaign reception at a private residence: * * * THE PRESIDENT: He doesn't want to admit it, but we go back a long way. MR. LINDEN: It's true. THE PRESIDENT: And I -- it's means a lot to me. MR. LINDEN: It means a lot to me, sir. THE PRESIDENT: Folks, look, this is pretty informal, but the fact of the matter is -- I -- I think the key word -- and I want to thank Kathleen and Dana for all you guys are  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A New York man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His 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 election. Aaron Donald Sauer, 43, of Syracuse,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A New York man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His 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 election. Christopher Douglas Finney, 32, of Hopewell Junction, N  more

PORTLAND, Maine, Feb. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release: A New York man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for distributing fentanyl through the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Tyler Dean, 49, to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. According to court records, in June 2020, Dean shipped an envelope via USPS Priority Mail Express from  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: This week, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will support cybersecurity in Ghana and Nigeria's financial sectors by bringing a delegation to the United States to learn about innovative U.S. technologies, financing mechanisms, and best practices to combat cybercrime in the banking sector. During a visit to Washington, DC, New York City and the San Francisco Bay Are  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Feb. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: A New York man was sentenced yesterday to 42 months in prison for his role in a fraudulent scheme to obtain pandemic benefits using the stolen identities of at least 20 other people. According to court documents, Obinna Nwafor, 50, engaged in a scheme to obtain various pandemic loans using the identities of others who were unaware of this act  more

WEST POINT, New York, Feb. 8 -- The Military Academy issued the following news release: Thirteen cadets from the U.S. Military Academy have been selected as Stamps Scholarship recipients. This program provides exceptional students the opportunity to experience studying abroad, academic conferences, and leadership trainings. "Congratulations to our newest Stamps Scholars and their mentors! This cohort has an already impressive record of impact," said Dean of the Academic Board Brig. Gen. Shane  more

WEST POINT, New York, Feb. 9 -- The Military Academy issued the following academic news: By Maj. Renee Sanjuan, USMA Associate Dean for Communications The U.S. Military Academy at West Point proudly announces the launch of the second season of its podcast, "Inside West Point: Ideas that Impact." Brig. Gen. Shane Reeves, the Dean of the Academic Board, will bring listeners along for an exclusive exploration of the academy's top scholars as they delve into cutting-edge research and pivotal discu  more

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Feb. 8 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on Feb. 7, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby while en route to New York: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I just have two things at the top. And then, we don't have a lot of time. As you all know, just a short flight. So, because congressional Republicans are choosing partisan politics over our national security an  more