WEST POINT, New York, April 16 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: The Army Cyber Institute in conjunction with Palo Alto Networks co-sponsored the Joint Service Academy Cybersecurity (JSAC) Conference April 4-5 at the Thayer Hotel on West Point. The event offers our nation's Cyber junior and senior officers and academy cadets and midshipmen a unique, highly impactful leadership development experience on what is currently ongoing in the cyber world. Since 2015, this Cybers  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 16 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: The West Point Negotiation Project -- as part of the West Point Leadership Center and the Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership (BS&L) hosted its 15th annual Cadet Workshop from April 3-5 at Eisenhower Hall. The workshop featured more than 90 cadets from West Point, the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and U.S. Army Cadet Command (ROTC) programs from across the nation. The work  more

UPTON, New York, April 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: * * * Highlights include proton-proton smashups, first physics data for sPHENIX, new collisions "seen" by forward detectors at STAR, and more * * * Today marks the startup of the 24th run of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE's Bro  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside 16 attorneys general, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final particulate matter (PM) standards rule against legal challenges. Last month, EPA finalized the rule to strengthen National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine pa  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:23-cv-01491; S.D.N.Y. filed Feb. 22, 2023) involving Gil Friedman: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today the entry of a final consent judgment against Gil Friedman, a former consultant for private equity firm Francisco Partners Management, L.P. Friedman agreed to settle the charges that he engaged in insider trading ahead of the April 9, 2018 public announcement   more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:22-cv-08368; S.D.N.Y. filed Sept.30, 2022) involving Scott Lindell: * * * On April 12, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a final judgment against defendant Scott Lindell, whom the SEC previously charged with misconduct concerning a more than $1 billion overvaluation scheme. Lindell is a former senior officer of SEC-registered investment adviser Infinity Q Capital Ma  more

ALBANY, New York, April 16 (TNSres) -- The New York State Education Department issued the following committee report to the Board of Regents: * * * Regents Committee on P-12 Education Vice Chancellor Chin, Chair, Regent Tilles, Regent Cea, Regent Norwood, Regent Cottrell, Regent Wills, Regent Ferrer, Regent Tanikawa, Regent Catania, and Regent Hale. The P-12 Education Committee held its scheduled meeting on April 15, 2024. All members were present except for Regent Wade S. Norwood and Regent  more

ALBANY, New York, April 16 (TNSres) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release: New York State's Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) has provided financing for over 2,000 essential local water infrastructure projects totaling more than $23.7 billion since 1990, but the estimated capital improvement needs for water and sewer projects far exceeds this amount, and tens of billions of dollars in local projects remain in the pipeline, according to a rep  more

ALBANY, New York, April 16 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a conceptual agreement with legislative leaders on key priorities in the Fiscal Year 2025 New York State Budget. "I promised to fight the right fights for New Yorkers, deliver common sense solutions, and tackle the thorny issues that others might ignore, and that's exactly what we've done," Governor Hochul said. "We're delivering on a common-se  more

ALBANY, New York, April 16 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on April 15, 2024: * * * To: Keith J. Roland, Attorney at Law, 4 Tower Place, 2nd Floor, Albany, NY 12203, kroland@keithrolandlaw.com Re: Case 24-C-0218 - Joint Petition of Atlas Connectivity, LLC; Patricia L. Knapp; Shana Knapp; SLIC Network Solutions, Inc.; Crown Point Telephone Corporation; and Crown Point Network Technologies, Inc., d/b/a Bridge Point Communication for Authority, Pursuant t  more

ALBANY, New York, April 16 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on April 15, 2024: * * * To: Carlos Gavilondo, Assistant General Counsel, National Grid, 300 Erie Boulevard West, Syracuse, NY 13202, carlos.gavilondo@nationalgrid.com Re: Case 18-M-0084 - In the Matter of a Comprehensive Energy Efficiency Initiative Dear Mr. Gavilondo, Pursuant to the Public Service Commission's Order Authorizing Utility Energy Efficiency and Building Electrification Portfol  more

ALBANY, New York, April 16 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on April 15, 2024: * * * To: Andrew M. Klein, Klein Law Group PLLC, 1250 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, AKlein@KleinLawpllc.com Re: Case 20-C-0267 - In the Matter of Frontier Communications Corporation, et al. Notice of Filing of Chapter 11 for Financial Restructuring. Dear Mr. Klein: In accordance with the Commission's Order Approving Joint Petition Subject to Condit  more

ALBANY, New York, April 16 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on April 15, 2024: * * * To: Hon. Michelle L. Phillips, Secretary, New York State Department of Public Service, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350 RE: Case 24-V-0143 - Petition of Spectrum Northeast, LLC for a Certificate of Confirmation for its Franchise with the Town of Benson, Hamilton County. Dear Secretary Phillips: Attached is the filing of a Short Environmental Asses  more

NEW YORK, April 15 -- 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; Thomas Fattorusso, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation ("IRS-CI"); James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"); and Trevor R. Nelson,   more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Today, an indictment was unsealed charging Charles O. Parks III, also known as "CP3O," with operating a large-scale illegal "cryptojacking" operation. As part of the scheme, Parks defrauded two well-known providers of cloud computing services out of more than $3.5 million worth of computing resources in order to mine cryptocurrency worth nearly $1 million. Park  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The retrospective exhibition Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies showcases the enduring legacy of Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) as a visionary artist and an unwavering activist. As the most comprehensive presentation devoted to Catlett in the United States, it features more than 150 works, including well-known sculpture and prints, rare paintings and drawi  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL's Natalie Pekney, Ph.D., was awarded the Carnegie Mellon University Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department's Lieutenant Colonel Christopher K. Raible Distinguished Public Service Award during an alumni event held April 13 in Pittsburgh. The award recognizes alumni of CEE who have made significant contributions in military service or through   more

NEW YORK, April 16 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on April 15, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Molly Wasow Park today announced "Project Home," a pilot program to provide intensive, specialized housing search assistance to domestic violence survivors with children living in city shelters. Beginning with 100 families, Project Home will help domestic violence survivors find safe, permanent homes a  more

NEW YORK, April 16 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following statement on April 15, 2024: * * * New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released the following statement in response to the $237 billion Fiscal Year 2025 budget agreement reached by New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York state Legislature this afternoon: "This budget will be a win for New Yorkers. Every day, this administration works to deliver on our vision that supports working-class families by protecting pu  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57072) involving Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Station, Oswego, New York: * * * Rep Org: Engine Systems, Inc Licensee: Fitzpatrick NPS Region: 1 City: Oswego State: NY Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Dan Roberts HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 04/12/2024 Notification Time: 11:49 [ET] Event Date: 02/22/2024 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 04/12/2024 Emergency Cl  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release: The National Transportation Safety Board named Patrick Warren director of the Office of Railroad, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Investigations. Throughout his career, Warren has been deeply involved in addressing national rail and aviation safety issues, regulations, operations, and security, collaborating extensively with the NTSB on investigations and safety recommendation implementation. Wa  more

NEW YORK, April 16 -- The New York City Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently joined Trout Unlimited and more than 60 first-grade students from Samara Community School in the Bronx to release juvenile trout that the students have raised in their classrooms since October of last year. Nearly 200 fingerlings were released into the Cross River where it passes through the Wa  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 70 years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for torturing an Estonian citizen in 2015 in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and for the illegal export of weapons parts and related services. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ross Roggio, 55, of Strou  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks on April 15, 2024, by Gurbir S. Grewal, director of the division of enforcement, at Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement Spring Conference 2024: * * * As is customary, my remarks this afternoon are in my official capacity as SEC Enforcement Director, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, the Commissioners, or other members of the staff. One of the hallmarks of PCCE is t  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:22-cv-04674; S.D.N.Y filed June 6, 2022) involving George Stubos, et al.: * * * On April 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a final judgment against relief defendant Dori-Ann Stubos, ordering her to pay more than $2.3 million in disgorgement and prejudgment interest. In June 2022, the SEC charged George Stubos for engaging in a deceptive sch  more

NEW YORK, April 16 -- The New York Health and Hospitals issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: NYC Health + Hospitals' Arts in Medicine department today announced the selection of 6 artists to create new murals at its facilities as part of the Community Mural Project. The artists will design the murals through focus groups with hospital staff and the community, followed by "paint parties" to create the mural. The Community Mural Project is believed to be the country's largest publ  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: Marking the centennial of Marcella Hazan's (1924-2013) birth, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has received a donation from the family of the influential cookbook author and legendary teacher of regional Italian cuisine in the United States and United Kingdom. Hazan is widely known for her six cookbooks on the cuisines of Italy, published between 1973 and 2004. Her husband Victor Hazan, a  more

NEW YORK, April 16 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of an interview on April 15, 2024, with Dahved Levy of WBLS 107.5 FM's Caribbean Fever: * * * Dahved Levy: Hello. Good night. How are you doing, sir? Mayor Eric Adams: Good, my brother. How are you? Rocking you. Rocking you. Levy: I'm good, sir. We've got New York Mayor Adams on the line. Sir, I could only imagine what you've gone through and what you continue to go through. How are you holding up, Mr. Mayor  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 16 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following community news: By Eric S. Bartelt, West Point Public Affairs Specialist The U.S. Military Academy Orienteering Club hosted a sanctioned USA Orienteering National Ranking Event (NRE) at Camp Shea on April 13 and Lake Frederick and Bull Pond Recreation Area on April 14. The purpose of the event, which is in its 44th year, is to increase cadet competency in orienteering and land navigation, develop USMA Orienteerin  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 16 -- The University System of Georgia issued the following agency statement on April 15, 2024: * * * This website notice is intended to provide the same information included in the notification letters to individuals for whom the University System of Georgia (USG) has insufficient or out-of-date contact information. USG was involved in an incident that may affect the security of certain individuals' personal information. We want to provide affected individuals informat  more

KINGS POINT, New York, April 15 -- The Maritime Administration's U.S. Merchant Marine Academy issued the following news release on April 13, 2024: The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) held its annual Battle Standard Dinner on April 4th, 2024. This annual event honors the memories of the 142 USMMA Cadet-Midshipmen who lost their lives during World War II and takes time to remember recent graduates who lost their lives serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Endur  more