NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Nov. 18, 2024, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the New York Metropolitan Area - 2022-23": * * * Households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, metropolitan area spent an average of $90,291 per year in 2022-23, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that food, housing, and transp  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: A federal court has ordered Harris Jewelry to reopen its claims process and renotify consumers, most of whom are active duty servicemembers, to submit their claims for refunds. The court found Harris Jewelry violated its prior settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and a multistate group led by the New York Attorney General's Office by prematurely shutting down the claims portal. The new claims process  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 -- 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 BASHIRU GANIYU was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to 13 years in prison for his role in a criminal enterprise that defrauded individuals and businesses across the U.S. of millions of dollars. In April 2024, GANIYU was convicted following a jury trial   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 -- 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 MUHAMMAD ASIF HAFEEZ, a/k/a "Sultan," pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to import heroin, methamphetamine, and hashish into the United States. HAFEEZ was provisionally arrested in London, United Kingdom, on August 25, 2017, and extradited to the U.S.  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 -- 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; Jonathan Mellone, the Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General ("DOL-OIG"); and Andrew Wroblewski, the Assistant Director of the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service ("DSS") Domestic Operations, announce  more

WEST POINT, New York, Nov. 18 -- The Military Academy issued the following academic news: By Jana Scardigno, Marketing Specialist, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is thrilled to announce its newest academic major -- Aerospace Engineering! This program expands on the existing aerospace minor within the Mechanical Engineering program. It will provide cadets with innovative knowledge in aeronautical and astronautical engineering as they prepa  more