NEW YORK, April 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA announces eight selections under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund's National Clean Investment Fund and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator through President Biden's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, April 4, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its selections for $20 billion in grant awards under two competitions within the historic $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Redu  more

UPTON, New York, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary for Science and Innovation has approved Critical Decision 3A (CD-3A) for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a state-of-the-art particle collider for nuclear physics research that will be located at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory and built in partnership with DOE's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jeff  more

ALBANY, NEW YORK, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release: Hason Harres, 47, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to serve 57 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute. 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 Division made the ann  more

NEW YORK, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, a four-count indictment was unsealed charging Michael Kuilan and Antonio Venti with distributing the heroin and fentanyl that caused the death of New York transgender activist, Cecilia Gentili. Kuilan is also charged with unlawful gun possession. Kuilan and Venti are in custody and are   more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $10.5 million to fund the first year of four, five-year cooperative agreements aimed at developing strategies to assist youth and young adults with disabilities -- particularly in underserved communities -- in successfully transitioning into the workforce. The awards have been granted to the Conn  more

NEW YORK, April 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Meetings Advance Community Conversations and Engagement around Federal and New York State Environmental Justice Programs First Listening Session Scheduled for April 15 in Niagara Falls * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced a series of Environmental Justice listening sessions to support and enhance me  more

NEW YORK, April 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final cleanup plan to address contaminated groundwater at a portion of the New Cassel/Hicksville Groundwater Contamination Superfund site within the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead, and Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. The groundwater at this site is contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The final cleanup plan calls for   more

NEW YORK, April 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to protect people living and working in residential and commercial buildings at the Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund Site in the Greenpoint/East Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. Groundwater and soil in the area is contaminated with chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs), which can vaporize into soil and seep into buildings through thei  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-105) on April 4, 2024: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon New York Inc. (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communication  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 6 -- 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 (if necessary); SP- Special Primary Election; SG- Special General Election; SSP- U.S. Senate Special Primary; T- Territory Primary *Dates subject to change. April 2024: April 2nd: Arkansas  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 4 -- The Military Academy issued the following academic news: By Col. Winston Williams, USMA Department of Law Head Cadets from the Department of Law's Sanremo Team competed in the 22nd Annual International Humanitarian Law, also known as Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), competition for military academies. This prestigious weeklong event brings together 100 cadets from 24 academies across 14 countries. The U.S. Military Academy cadets joined forces with peers from ar  more

NEW YORK, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Nicole M. Argentieri, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and head of the Justice Department's Criminal Division; Mehtab Syed, the Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and James Smit  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Jia Liu was sentenced by United States District Judge Diane Gujarati to 21 months in prison for conspiring to steal, forge and distribute fraudulent COVID-19 Vaccination Cards. On June 9, 2023, co-defendant Steven Rodriguez, a Long Island nurse, was sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment for his role in  more

NEW YORK, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty pleas of JAMES ANDREW STILES and EDWARD GRAY STILES in connection with a scheme to commit insider trading based on misappropriated information about potential government loans to be made to the Eastman Kodak Company to finance the production of C  more

ALBANY, New York, April 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Victoria Shaw, of Mahwah, New Jersey, the owner of Suffern, New York-based Wellcore, Inc., has agreed to pay $500,000 for her role in a scheme whereby she and a former Wellcore official forged signatures of community leaders on federal grant applications and then diverted for personal use federal funds intended to combat youth substance use, announced United Stat  more

NEW YORK, April 5 -- 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, announced that JONATHAN GARCIA, a/k/a "Jayo," was sentenced to life plus seven years in prison for the May 2017 murder of Joshua Flores. GARCIA, who was a leader in the Latin Kings gang, shot and killed Flores in front of a playground on a residential street in Queens, New York, while Flor  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, a two-count indictment was unsealed charging Ryan Mueller with distributing fentanyl that caused the death of a victim (Victim 1) and with conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, and oxycodone. Mueller was arrested this morning and is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before Mag  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, in federal court in Central Islip, Edwin Rodriguez, also known as "Manicomio" (Rodriguez), a member of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the "MS-13," pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in connection with his participation in the April 11, 2017 murders of Justin Llivicura, Michael Lopez,  more

NEW YORK, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DARREN SMITH was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Philip M. Halpern to 230 months in prison for assaulting a Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") Task Force Officer and related offenses. SMITH was previously convicted after a jury trial on September  more

NEW YORK, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WAYNE HICKS, a/k/a "Weez," was sentenced to 17 years in prison for drug trafficking and violent crimes, including a brutal beating and robbery of a victim in New City, New York, on February 28, 2021. HICKS pled guilty on August 25, 2023, in White Plains fede  more

ALBANY, New York, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Hason Harres, age 47, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to serve 57 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute. 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 Division made t  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, a four-count indictment was unsealed charging Michael Kuilan and Antonio Venti with distributing the heroin and fentanyl that caused the death of New York transgender activist, Cecilia Gentili. Kuilan is also charged with unlawful gun possession. Kuilan and Venti are in custody and are scheduled to be arraign  more

NEW YORK, April 3 -- 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, announced today that MICHAEL SHVARTSMAN and GERALD SHVARTSMAN each pled guilty to one count of securities fraud, both in connection with their participation in an insider trading scheme surrounding the merger of Digital World Acquisition Corporation ("DWAC") with Trump Media & Technology G  more

UTICA, New York, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Christopher Pence, age 43, of Cedar City, Utah, was sentenced yesterday to 84 months in prison for using the Internet to solicit and pay for the murders of two Rensselaer County residents. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: The National Gallery of Art announced today that Lena Stringari will join the museum as chief of conservation. Stringari comes to the National Gallery following a long career at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, where she has served most recently as deputy director and Andrew W. Mellon Chief Conservator. When she begins her tenure on July 14, Stringari will lead one of the largest  more

OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK, April 2 -- The National Park Service Sagamore Hill National Historic Site issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: The National Park Service (NPS) has approved a $5 increase for guided tours of the interior of the Theodore Roosevelt Home at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. The fee increase will go into effect on May 1, 2024 and coincides with increases at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Sites in Hyde Park, New York  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on April 5, 2024, before the Marine One departure: * * * Q:Your reaction to the earthquake, sir -- the New York City earthquake? Can you talk about it briefly? Your reaction, sir, to the New York -- THE PRESIDENT: With regard -- with re- -- Q:Did you threaten to stop military -- THE PRESIDENT: With regard -- Q:-- aid to Israel? THE PRESIDENT: With regard to the earthquake, I spoke to the governor. He thinks everything is   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: Yesterday evening, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo and Chief Implementation Officer for the Inflation Reduction Act Laurel Blatchford held a virtual roundtable conversation with six taxpayers from California, New York, Texas, and Washington who have filed their taxes using the new, free IRS Direct File tool. Participants included a college student, military veterans, as well as nonp  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Hason Harres, 47, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to serve 57 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Y  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 5 -- The Military Academy issued the following academic news: By Jorge Garcia, Public Affairs Specialist Imagine the spectacle of a solar flare erupting from the Sun's incredible mass. The explosive burst of radiation released from magnetic energy towers 66,000,000 feet into the vast expanse above. From this monstrous explosion emerges an average sunspot the size of our humble blue planet. Now, think about a common task you would accomplish in eight minutes. Perhap  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 6 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Jorge Garcia, Public Affairs Specialist Imagine the spectacle of a solar flare erupting from the Sun's incredible mass. The explosive burst of radiation released from magnetic energy towers 66,000,000 feet into the vast expanse above. From this monstrous explosion emerges an average sunspot the size of our humble blue planet. Now, think about a common task you would accomplish in eight minutes. Perhaps it  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: If travelers think that that the Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) terminal seems crowded, their perception is accurate. March was the fifth busiest month for the number of passengers screened at the airport's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint since 2005. TSA officers screened 140,790 individuals at  more

NEW YORK, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers are field testing the use of new hand-held language translation-interpretation devices in an effort to support a more positive security checkpoint experience for individuals who are limited English proficient, international travelers and individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or who a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, a four-count indictment was unsealed charging Michael Kuilan and Antonio Venti with distributing the heroin and fentanyl that caused the death of New York transgender activist, Cecilia Gentili. Kuilan is also charged with unlawful gun possession. Kuilan and Venti are in custody and are sch  more

KINGS POINT, New York, April 6 -- The Maritime Administration's U.S. Merchant Marine Academy issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) announces a memorial service to honor the life and legacy of Captain Kenneth R. Force, USMS, (Retired). Captain Force served as USMMA's Director of Music and Regimental Band, "George M. Cohan's Own," for an illustrious tenure spanning 45 years, from 1971 to 2016. His unwavering dedication and contribut  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 2 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Col. Winston Williams, USMA Department of Law Head Cadets from the Department of Law's Sanremo Team competed in the 22nd Annual International Humanitarian Law, also known as Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), competition for military academies. This prestigious weeklong event brings together 100 cadets from 24 academies across 14 countries. The U.S. Military Academy cadets joined forces with peers from around  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 5 -- The Military Academy issued the following news release: Cadet Garret Longstaff, Class of 2025, has been announced a Goldwater Scholar by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. West Point has earned 15 Goldwater Scholarships since competing in 2018. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship Program, one of the oldest and most prestigious national scholarships in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics in the United States, seeks  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 4 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Maj. Renee Sanjuan USMA Associate Dean for Communications "Innovation is looking at the past through a new lens," said Dr. Jon Malinowski, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering professor. Tune in to the newest episode of the "Inside West Point: Ideas That Impact" podcast titled "Innovation and Tradition: Dr. Jon Malinowski's Perspective on West Point's Historical Landscape" at bit.ly/INSI  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 5 -- The Military Academy issued the following academic news: By Maj. Renee Sanjuan, USMA Associate Dean for Communications "Innovation is looking at the past through a new lens," said Dr. Jon Malinowski, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering professor. Tune in to the newest episode of the "Inside West Point: Ideas That Impact" podcast titled "Innovation and Tradition: Dr. Jon Malinowski's Perspective on West Point's Historical Landscape" at bit.ly  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 2 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following community news: West Point Morale, Welfare and Recreation invites the community to its Brew Fest event from 7-10 p.m. April 26 at the West Point Club. The event will offer the best beer and cider made in the Hudson Valley region. Enjoy delicious food and live music by DJ Bo Hannan. The event is open to the public with a VIP hour from 6-7 p.m., which includes early access, a VIP gift bag and Hors D'oeuvres. The gen  more