NEW YORK, April 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on April 17, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in New York - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 8.1 percent in New York State and 9.8 perc  more

NEW YORK, April 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on April 19, 2024, entitled "Vermont Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2024": * * * Vermont had 17,000 job openings in February 2024, compared to 18,000 openings in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the job openings rate in Vermont was 5.2 percent in   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

WEST POINT, New York, April 17 -- The Military Academy issued the following academic news: The Department of English and Philosophy (DEP) presented the West Point Humanities Center's seventh annual Zengerle Lecture in the arts and humanities on April 15 at the Haig Room in Jefferson Hall Library. The guest speaker for the event was John Dickerson, a CBS national correspondent and host of CBS News Primetime, who conversed with a room full of DEP cadets and asking them "What is their why?" He sp  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: As part of the U.S. Department of State's Global Music Diplomacy Initiative, which elevates music to promote peace and create cross-cultural connections worldwide, the Department announced today that participants from 22 countries will explore how Hip Hop has promoted peace and positive social change, as well as encourage economic growth, with their American counterparts in Washington, DC; New  more

NEW YORK, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following remarks on April 17, 2024, by Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas at a press conference announcing Know2Protect campaign: * * * Good morning and thank you very much for being here today. Today the Department of Homeland Security is launching a new, first-of-its-kind national public awareness and education campaign to help stop one of the most heinous and most urgent threats to our children: online child sexual exp  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on April 18, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it has approved New York's funding application for the Inflation Reduction Act's Home Energy Rebates and awarded the state an initial $158 million to implement its rebate program to help families save money on energy-efficient electric appliances. This is the first state to have its application approved and to receive funding under this program,   more

BABYLON, New York, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) honored EBT Inc. with the prestigious Gold Standard Award for security on Tuesday, April 16. EBT Inc., one of several private bus companies contracted by Suffolk Transit to provide fixed-route services, is one of only five transit entities nationwide to receive this recognition this   more

NEW YORK, April 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed settlement with PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) to design and perform a $15.8 million cleanup at the Riverside Industrial Park Superfund Site on the bank of the Passaic River in Newark, New Jersey. Under the proposed settlement, the company will also pay $2.9 million previously spent by the EPA at the Site, and EPA's   more

NEW YORK, April 18 -- 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 the  more

NEW YORK, April 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Lisa F. Garcia and Dr. Eun-Hye Enki Yoo, Associate Professor, University at Buffalo and Senior Pastor George F. Nicholas, Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church as well as other dignitaries gathered in Buffalo, NY to highlight a new collaborative project led by the University at Buffalo, SUNY. The university rec  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Canadian man was sentenced to 10 years in prison today in the Eastern District of New York for perpetrating a massive psychic mass-mailing fraud scheme that stole more than $175 million from more than 1.3 million victims in the United States. Following a two-week trial, a federal jury convicted Patrice Runner, 57, a Canadian and French citizen, in June 2023 of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, c  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: A New York man was resentenced today to nine years in prison and ordered to pay $39 million in restitution for his role in a multimillion-dollar health care kickback and tax avoidance conspiracy, after his previous sentence was vacated. According to court documents, Aleksandr Pikus, 48, of Brooklyn, orchestrated a scheme to refer Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to health care provid  more

TROY, New York, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Solicitor issued the following news release: * * * Follows federal investigation into how 35-year-old was fatally crushed in October 2022 * * * An upstate New York court accepted a mine manager's guilty plea today to manslaughter in the second degree, a Class C felony. Anthony Valente, a mine manager at a Grafton limestone quarry, admitted to causing Darren Miller's death in October 2022 by recklessly disregarding and ove  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: * * * Justice Department's First Cryptocurrency Open-Market Manipulation Case * * * A federal jury in New York convicted a man residing in Puerto Rico today of commodities fraud, commodities market manipulation, and wire fraud in connection with the manipulation on the Mango Markets decentralized cryptocurrency exchange. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, A  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Two New York men today admitted conspiring with others to defraud dozens of states to obtain millions of dollars of COVID-19 unemployment benefits; one of the defendants also admitted to fentanyl conspiracy and distribution and conspiring to defraud the IRS of tax credit benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Natanael Valdez Brito,   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

BUFFALO, New York, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Buffalo Transportation Inc., Ontario Bus Inc., and several other businesses owned by Igor Finkelshtein, have agreed to pay $91,838 to resolve allegations arising under the False Claims Act. The defendants obtained grants and loans under the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program (EIDL), a  more

NEW YORK, April 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that WILLIAM BYNUM was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme to make false statements to the National Basketball Association ("NBA") Players' Health and Welfare Benefit Plan (the "Plan"). On November 15, 2023, BYNUM was found guilty of  more

NEW YORK, April 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GRACE ROSA BAEZ pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and para-fluorofentanyl. BAEZ pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: "Fentanyl and h  more

NEW YORK, April 17 -- 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, and Spencer L. Evans, the Special Agent in Charge of the Las Vegas Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced the arrest of YOHANAN ELIGOOLA and DAVID ELIGOOLA in connection with a conspiracy to launder money that the defendants believed to be narcotics proceed  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Earlier today, Fredy Ivan Jandres-Parada, also known as "Lucky de Park View" and "Lacky de Park View," a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was arraigned at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York by United States Magistrate Judge Steven L. Tiscione. Jandres-Parada and 13 other high-ranking MS-13 leaders  more

NEW YORK, April 17 -- 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 BORIS AMINOV was sentenced today to nine years in prison for engaging in a years-long scheme that exploited vulnerable HIV patients and defrauded Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance companies out of at least $20 million. AMINOV previously pled guilty to one count of c  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 16 -- 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 Central Islip, Donald Finley, a Locust Valley businessman and owner of the now-defunct Jekyll & Hyde theme restaurant in Manhattan and the Bayville Adventure Park on Long Island, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joan M. Azrack to 24 months in prison. Finley pleaded guilty in May 2023 to disaster relief fr  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Trevor Lawry was sentenced by United States District Judge Joan M. Azrack to 96 months in prison for orchestrating a yearslong conspiracy to divert Oxycodone and other prescription medications from a Hempstead pharmacy into the illicit market. Breon Peace, United States Attorney for   more

NEW YORK, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 18, 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; Timothy Langan, the Executive Assistant Director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("F  more

ALBANY, New York, April 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Bernardo Tovar, age 34, of Amsterdam, New York, was sentenced today to 181 months in prison for engaging in a drug trafficking conspiracy, for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl pills, cocaine, and methamphetamine, and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Frank A. Tarentino III  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

BUFFALO, New York, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Christian Arroyo Collazo, 28, of New Castle, PA, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to traffic in firearms, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joshua A. Violanti and Jeffrey E. Intravatola, who are handling t  more

NEW YORK, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NERIK ILYAYEV was sentenced today to four years in prison for his involvement in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme that targeted the Medicare and Medicaid programs and private insurance companies. ILYAYEV owned and operated two different pharm  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Javier Bachiller, age 32, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 10 years in federal prison for his conviction for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced 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. As part of his p  more

NEW YORK, April 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that OLUSEUN MARTINS OMOLE, a/k/a "Seun Omole," pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his participation in a widespread scheme to defraud thousands of victims in the United States and elsewhere of thousands of consumer electronics and other g  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Nicholas Welker, also known as "King ov Wrath," was sentenced by United States District Judge Pamela K. Chen to 44 months' imprisonment for conspiring to make death threats. Welker, the leader of Feuerkrieg Division ("FKD"), an international racially or ethnically motivated violent extremis  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 14 -- 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:   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

WEST POINT, New York, April 17 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: The Class of 1952 Distinguished Lecture, hosted by the Department of Social Sciences and endowed by the U.S. Military Academy Class of 1952, is an annual speaker series that exposes cadets to exceptional policy makers, military leaders, academic scholars and business experts. The purpose of the series is to further enrich cadet intellectual and academic development. This year's Class of 1952 Distinguished L  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, April 18 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Close to 600 students from around the region showed their skills developing underwater robotics during the annual New Jersey/ New York Regional SeaPerch Program competition at the Neptune Aquatic Center on April 13. The competition was led by Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst and supported by Neptune High School, Navy Talent Acquisition Gr  more

NEW YORK, April 17 -- The White House issued the following remarks on April 16, 2024, by John Podesta, senior advisor to the president for clean energy innovation and implementation at the Columbia Global Energy Summit: * * * Thanks so much, Jason. It's great to be with all of you today. I want to commend the Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy for everything you do to advance the policy conversation on the most pressing global climate and clean energy issues. We're coming together at a m  more

WICHITA, Kansas, April 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas woman with making threats against current and former nationally elected officials. According to court documents, Lori Davis, 40, of Park City is charged with one count of threats against a former president of the United States and one count of threats against the president of the United States. Davi  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

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

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 18 -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Next week, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency will host a delegation of senior Indonesian officials and decision-makers to support the deployment of smart-city technology in Nusantara, Indonesia's new capital city now under development to replace Jakarta as the country's administrative center. Led by the Nusantara Capital Authority, the delegation includes 18 governmen  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 20 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following community news: The U.S. Military Academy Equal Opportunity Office hosted the 2024 Days of Remembrance Observance on April 18 at the West Point Club's Grand Ballroom. This year's guest speaker was Paula Aspell, who after retiring from a 33-year award-winning career as PBS NOVA's senior executive producer and director, she founded Leading Edge Productions to make documentaries of scientific, cultural and historical  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 18 -- The Military Academy issued the following news release: The U.S. Military Academy will host the Hudson Valley Spring Special Olympics at Shea Stadium and Arvin Gym on April 20. The event kicks off at 9:30 a.m. with opening ceremonies at Shea Stadium that continue through 5 p.m. West Point cadets will play a supporting role in volunteering to ensure all participants enjoy a successful event. Up to 600 athletes from Orange, Rockland, Sullivan, Dutchess, Westc  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 18 -- The Military Academy issued the following news release: The U.S. Military Academy will host the 57th Sandhurst Military Skills Competition on April 26 and 27. Hosted by West Point since 1967, teams will compete in a rigorous 36-hour course to test warrior spirit, cohesion, and dedication to mission accomplishment. At the end of the competition, one team will be named the Sandhurst champion. The winning team will be chosen based on their collective performance   more