WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * 109th Airlift Wing concludes 2024-25 Antarctic Science Support Season STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. (AFNS) -- The Airmen of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing moved 1,076 passengers, carried 900 tons of cargo and transported 120,000 gallons of fuel during their annual support for science in Antarctica from October 2024 to February 2025. The 109th AW executed 79 missions using its ski-equ  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Albany Woman Pleads Guilty to Sending Synthetic Cannabinoids Into Correctional Institutions Disguised as Legal Mail ALBANY, NEW YORK - Maya McIntosh, age 33, of Albany, pled guilty today to conspiracies to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance and controlled substance analogue, distribution and possession  more

BROOKLYN, New York, March 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Former Long Island Business Owner Charged with Orchestrating $22 Million Health Care Fraud, Kickback and Money Laundering Scheme Defendant Took Advantage of Elderly Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union to Solicit Bribes from Health Care Providers and Defraud Medicare of Millions of Dollars Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, an ind  more

NEW YORK, March 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Former Real Estate CEO Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Manipulating WeWork Stock With Fraudulent Tender Offer Scheme Matthew Podolsky, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JONATHAN MOYNAHAN LARMORE was sentenced today to five years in prison for manipulating the stock price of WeWork, Inc. ("WeWork") with   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on January 2, 2025, entitled "Shoreline change of western Long Island, New York, from satellite-derived shorelines." Here are excerpts: * * * Shoreline measurement techniques using satellite-derived imagery can provide decades of observations of shoreline change. Here we apply these techniques to the western south shore of Long Island, New York, which has three di  more

BROOKLYN, New York, March 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * High-Ranking Member of "Black Rain" Drug Crew Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for His Involvement in Three Cold Case Murders Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Jerome Jones, also known as "Sha," was sentenced by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis to 30 years' imprisonment for his role in the 1991 murder of Oscar Flow and the 199  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The White House issued the following news on March 17, 2025: * * * ICYMI: "Trump ties for highest approval he's ever had -- as more Americans say US is on right track than any time in 20 years: poll" President Donald J. Trump's approval rating is tied for his highest ever, according to a new NBC poll -- while more Americans say the country is headed in the right direction than at any point in more than two decades. From the New York Post: Three months into his second  more

NEW YORK, March 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Los Angeles Director And Writer Charged With $11 Million Fraud In Connection With Streaming Science Fiction Television Show Carl Erik Rinsch Used the Stolen Funds to Speculate on Securities and Cryptocurrency Matthew Podolsky, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Leslie Backschies, the Assistant Director in Charge of the   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following weekly case summary for March 3-7, 2025: * * * Summarized Board Decisions No Published Board Decisions Issued. * * * Unpublished Board Decisions in Representation and Unfair Labor Practice Cases R Cases No Unpublished R Cases Issued. C Cases Mount Sinai Health System, Inc. (02-CA-329471) (https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4583f66125) New York, NY, March 7, 2025. No exceptions having been filed t  more

NEW YORK, March 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Non-Profit Executive Sentenced To 27 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Defraud Federal Government And To Obstruct Federal Administrative Investigation Matthew Podolsky, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ARIE RANGOTT was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the federal Head Start p  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Queens Man Sentenced to 15 Months for Alien Smuggling ALBANY, NEW YORK - Atikur Razzaque, age 28, of Ozone Park, New York, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for alien smuggling and conspiracy to commit alien smuggling. United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Chief Border Patrol Agent Robert N. Garcia of the United States Border Patrol,   more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Schenectady Man Sentenced to Prison for Selling Fentanyl Pills ALBANY, NEW YORK - Omar Wynn, age 32, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced to 60 months in prison today for distribution of a controlled substance. United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (D  more