ALBANY, New York, April 29 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * 100 Days of Turmoil: Governor Hochul Marks Trump's Impacts on New York State Governor Kathy Hochul today outlined the turmoil created under President Trump's first 100 days in office, warning that his administration's retaliatory policies, deep federal cuts and unilateral tariffs are poised to negatively impact New York's economy, the environment and hard working families. Last week, New York  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- Savills Inc., a real estate firm, issued the following news release: * * * 2025 Savills Global Luxury Retail Report: New Store Openings Up 12%, with Rents Rising or Holding Steady in 75% of Markets For Immediate Release - The latest Savills Global Luxury Retail 2025 report shares that global luxury retail continues to weather economic headwinds, with core markets reporting strong rental growth in 2024. Across the 21 destinations tracked, over 75% reported annual increase  more

NEW YORK, April 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * Actress and Comedian Retta Tours the Most Extreme Ugly Yet In New Season of HGTV's 'Ugliest House in America' Premiering Monday, June 2, at 9 and 9:30 p.m. ET/PT WHAT: Ugliest House in America WHERE/WHEN: Season six premieres Monday, June 2, at 9 and 9:30 p.m. ET/PT on HGTV. WHO: The ugly is back with a vengeance in six new episodes of HGTV's mega  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 29 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Advance Local, Newhouse School Launch Investigative Reporting Fellowship Program A new collaboration with Advance Local will provide Newhouse School journalism students opportunities to write and report on investigative projects with local impact for newsrooms across the country. The David Newhouse Investigative Reporting Fellowship program, which launched this year in conjunction with Advance Local, will a  more

ALBANY, New York, April 29 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * B-Roll, Video, Audio, Photos & Rush Transcript: Governor Hochul Visits Albany County District Attorney's Office to Announce Changes in Discovery Law in FY26 Budget Earlier today, Governor Kathy Hochul visited the Albany County District Attorney's Office to announce the changes in discovery law secured in the FY 2026 State Budget deal. B-ROLL of the Governor greeting district attorneys and s  more

ALBANY, New York, April 29 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * B-Roll, Video, Audio, Photos & Rush Transcript: Governor Hochul Visits Child Care Center to Announce FY26 Budget Investments in Middle Class Families Earlier today, Governor Kathy Hochul visited the Capital District YMCA BOCES Preschool to highlight the FY 2026 Budget investments in child care. The Budget delivers a sweeping increase to the Child Tax Credit by giving eligible families a $1,00  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- Barnard College issued the following news: * * * Professor Alison Pischedda Publishes New Research on Hidden Costs and Benefits of Prolonged Copulation in Fruit Flies On April 15, 2025, Alison Pischedda, assistant professor of biology, published new research in Animal Behaviour led by Barnard alum Isabella Martinez '24. The paper, titled "Sexual conflict over mating duration in Drosophila melanogaster," sheds light on why some fruit fly matings last much longer than nece  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- Barnard College issued the following news: * * * Professor Alison Pischedda Publishes New Research on Why Male Fruit Flies Prefer Larger Mates On April 9, 2025, Alison Pischedda, assistant professor of biology, published new research in Evolution alongside research technician Avigayil Lev '22, Biology staff member Abigail Gutierrez '20, current Barnard student Aanya Srinivasan '26, and collaborators from Canisius University. The paper, titled "Indirect fitness benefits   more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- Barnard College issued the following news: * * * Barnard Talks Climate Across Scales Community members tuned into a cross-disciplinary faculty panel discussion on climate politics, research, and debates. Over at least four decades, Barnard has remained at the forefront of climate action from all angles -- being a leading circular campus in the U.S., earning a STARS gold rating, and pledging to reach net-zero emissions by 2040. This Earth Month, the Office of the Provos  more

ARMONK, New York, April 30 -- IBM issued the following news release: * * * BNP Paribas Signs a New Multi-Year Partnership Agreement with IBM Cloud * BNP Paribas and IBM announce the renewal and strengthening of the bank's partnership with IBM Cloud for 10 years, aimed at further bolstering its resilience, accelerating its cloud-native strategy, and supporting the development of generative artificial intelligence. * This multi-year partnership is part of the bank's ongoing technology investme  more

ARMONK, New York, April 30 -- IBM issued the following news release: * * * Box and IBM Partner to Bring New Enterprise-Level AI Models to Support Content Generation and Productivity * Companies can now use Box AI with models from IBM watsonx, including open source IBM Granite and latest from Meta's Llama * Box is using IBM watsonx internally to help enhance their AI governance; IBM is using Box AI to help elevate IBM employees' productivity REDWOOD CITY, Calif & ARMONK, N.Y., April 29 -- Bo  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news: * * * CNN AUDIENCE GROWS ACROSS PLATFORMS IN APRIL April 29th, 2025 RANKS AGAIN AS TOP 5 IN ALL OF CABLE AMONG P2+ WEEKDAY PRIME DRAWS YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH IN KEY DEMO LIVE TOWN HALLS SEE VIEWERSHIP GAINS IN TIME PERIOD ACROSS BOTH DEMOS CNN.COM ENGAGEMENT AND SUBSCRIPTION CONTINUES TO CLIMB NEW YORK, NY - (April 29, 2025) - CNN finished April delivering a strong performance across linear, digital and  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- Columbia University's Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: * * * Columbia Journalism School Announces 2025-2026 Spencer Education Fellows This class brings a wide range of professional experience to the fellowship, launched with Spencer Foundation support 18 years ago. Four accomplished education writers will join Columbia Journalism School for the 2025-2026 academic year as the newest group of Spencer Education Journalism Fellows to study and produce   more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * A Cosmic Explosion Forged Heavy Elements Like Gold and Platinum New research shows that a 2004 gamma-ray burst produced huge amounts of heavy elements, exceeding the mass of the planet Mars. By Christopher D. Shea Among the major questions in astrophysics is the origins of the heavy elements in our Universe that make up the periodic table. The lightest elements, hydrogen and helium, were formed mainly in the Big Ban  more

NEW YORK, April 29 -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: * * * Study lauds Indiana's data-driven approach to population health A study by Assistant Professor Karmen S. Williams and colleagues highlights Indiana's health data network as a model for the nation. In the case study, which explored the evolution and impact of the Indiana Network for Patient Care (INPC), the researchers found that the state's appro  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 30 -- The New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Cybersecurity Researcher at NJIT Toughens Git Software Repositories Git, the most common protocol for computer programmers to keep track of their code, is becoming more secure because of software jointly developed by researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology and New York University. Git underpins services such as GitHub, which alone has more than 100 million active users wo  more

ALBANY, New York, April 29 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * DEC Announces Opening Day for Many Popular Coolwater Fish Species Abundant Angling Opportunities for New Yorkers to 'Get Offline, Get Outside' New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Acting Commissioner Amanda Lefton today announced the fishing season for Walleye, Northern Pike, Pickerel, and Tiger Muskellunge begins on May 1. New York's co  more

ALBANY, New York, April 29 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate, and extract lost, injured, or distressed people from across New Y  more

ALBANY, New York, April 29 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * DEC Region 7 to Celebrate 'I Love My Park Day' with Volunteer Opportunity at Rogers Environmental Education Center The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Region 7, in collaboration with Friends of Rogers, is seeking volunteers for ' I Love My Park Day (link is external) ' on Saturday, May 3, at DEC's Rogers Environmental Education Center  more

NEW YORK, April 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * Discovery Channel May Programming Highlights Week of May 4, 2025 Friday, May 9 * "Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy and Juan" New Season Debuts on Discovery Channel - 9pm ET/PT * With gold prices surging to new records, the modern-day rush is on. Chasing gold fever, miners take big risks on poor ground with outdated equipment. Gold recovery e  more

ITHACA, New York, April 29 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Don Hartill, longtime physics professor, Lansing mayor, dies at 86 Donald Hartill, a professor of physics emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences and a driving force behind decades of experimental research in particle physics, died on April 16. He was 86. Hartill's legacy at Cornell spans more than five decades. His work included some of the most transformative developments in the university's physics res  more

NEW YORK, April 29 -- Fox Business Network, a unit of Fox News Media, issued the following news release: * * * FOX BUSINESS NETWORK POSTS DOUBLE-DIGIT GAINS YEAR-OVER-YEAR IN BUSINESS DAY, MARKET HOURS AND TOTAL DAY DURING MONTH OF APRIL 2025 FBN Beat CNBC in M-F Total Day for the 13th Consecutive Month with Total Viewers Network Held Eight of the Top 20 Most-Affluent Cable News Programs with Younger Viewers FBN's 'Kudlow' Marked 24th Straight Month as the Top-Rated Program in Business News  more

NEW YORK, April 29 -- Fox News Channel, a unit of Fox News Media, issued the following news release: * * * FOX NEWS CHANNEL BEATS BROADCAST NETWORKS ABC AND NBC IN WEEKDAY PRIMETIME DURING APRIL AS IT MARKS HIGHEST-RATED FIRST 100 DAYS IN CABLE NEWS HISTORY 'Special Report' Leads Broadcast Evening News Programs in Major Markets Across the United States; 'CBS Evening News' Posts its Worst Month Ever in April All FNC Daytime Shows Surpass NBC's 'Today Third Hour' and ABC's 'GMA3' 'Gutfeld!' C  more

ALBANY, New York, April 29 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Hochul Announces Completion and Opening of New Utica Children's Museum Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of construction and dedication of the new $8 million Utica Children's Museum, which is part of an overall $14 million ICAN Family Resource Center project. The 14,000 square foot museum features exhibits designed as exciting play-based experiences with many benef  more

ALBANY, New York, April 29 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Hochul Announces Start of Construction on 101-Unit Affordable Housing Development in Wayne County Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the start of construction on Coventry Commons, a $59 million project creating 101 affordable apartments in the historic former Reed Manufacturing Company's factory and office space in Wayne County's village of Newark. In the past five years, New York  more

ALBANY, New York, April 29 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Hochul Directs Flags to Half Staff in Honor of Retired Investigator Thomas K. Herrick Governor Kathy Hochul today directed that flags on all state government buildings be flown at half-staff in honor of New York State Police retired investigator Thomas K. Herrick. "Investigator Herrick served New York State with distinction - making the ultimate sacrifice for his fellow New Yorkers  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, April 30 -- Forbes Media issued the following news release: * * * How AI Is Quietly Reshaping Global Supply Chains "The AI Ecosystems Revolution: Transforming the Global Supply Chain through Real-Time Collaboration" by Joe Hudicka is released with Forbes Books. NEW YORK (April 29, 2025) -- The AI Ecosystems Revolution: Transforming the Global Supply Chain through Real-Time Collaboration by Joe Hudicka is now available on Amazon. The book is published with Forbes Book  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, April 30 [Category: [BizMedia] -- Mary Ann Liebert Inc. issued the following news release: * * * Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Announces Winners of RFS Awards in Science 2024 New Rochelle, NY, April 28, 2025-- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. proudly announces the recipients of the RFS Awards in Science 2024, recognizing outstanding peer-reviewed research by women and underrepresented minorities in STEM. To view the full list of winners, click here. The RFS Awards in Science 2024 hon  more

PURCHASE, New York, April 29 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Mastercard issued the following news release: * * * Mastercard and Corpay launch strategic partnership in cross-border payments Mastercard invests in Corpay's cross-border business unit. Corpay becomes exclusive partner for commercial cross-border payments distributed to Mastercard's financial institution customers. Mastercard and Corpay today announced an expansion of their partnership to deliver an enhanced suite of corpor  more

PURCHASE, New York, April 29 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Mastercard issued the following news release: * * * Mastercard unveils Agent Pay, pioneering agentic payments technology to power commerce in the age of AI Mastercard will work with Microsoft and other leading AI platforms to scale agentic commerce What we are saying: * Mastercard today announced the launch of its Agentic Payments Program, Mastercard Agent Pay. The groundbreaking solution integrates with agentic AI to revo  more

NEW YORK, April 29 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Mayor Adams Announces Unprecedented $5+ Billion in Advance Payments to Be Made to City-Contracted Nonprofit Providers, Providing More Upfront Cash and Contracts to Providers Than Ever Before April 29, 2025 City Estimates Advancing Nonprofits Over $5 Billion in FY 2026, Up from $2.8 Billion in Initial Advances Issued During FY 2025 Mayor's Office of Nonprofit Services Launches Updated Version of Contrac  more

NEW YORK, April 29 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Mayor Adams Unveils Ambitious Plan to Achieve Universal After-School Programming in Upcoming Mayoral Budget, Opening Historic Opportunities for New York City Children and Families Through $755-Million "After-School for All" Programming April 29, 2025 Video available at: https://youtu.be/hM4EXC8l2JM On 20th Anniversary of After-School Systems' Creation, NYC Makes Unprecedented $331 Million New Investment   more

ITHACA, New York, April 29 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Paul Gaurnier, emeritus professor, former associate dean, dies at 101 Paul L. Gaurnier '50, M.S. '56, emeritus professor and former associate dean in the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration, died Feb. 9 in Tucson, Arizona. He was 101. A distinguished alumnus, educator and administrator, Gaurnier earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in hotel and restaurant management from the   more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * 'Game of Thrones' topic of faculty member's conference paper Brian J. Gilchrist, assistant professor of speech communication-composition at Pennsylvania College of Technology, delivered his research paper, "A Song of Psychology of Information and a Song of Psychology of Form: A Burkean Analysis of HBO's 'Game of Thrones,'" at the Eastern Communication Association Annual Convention,   more

ITHACA, New York, April 29 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Personalized AI tools can combat ableism online People with disabilities experience high levels of harassment online, including microaggressions and slurs. However, social media platforms frequently fail to address reports of disability-based harassment and offer only limited tools that simply hide hateful content. New Cornell research reveals that social media users with disabilities prefer more personalized   more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- Savills Inc., a real estate firm, issued the following news release on April 29, 2025: * * * Savills announces succession plan The Board of Savills today announces that Mark Ridley will retire as Group Chief Executive at the end of 2025 after a 29 year career at Savills, seven of them as Group Chief Executive, as well as 41 years in the industry. Mark will be succeeded by Simon Shaw, currently Group Chief Financial Officer of Savills, effective 1 January 2026. Mark join  more

ALBANY, New York, April 30 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: * * * Showcase 2025: UAlbany Researchers Leverage Machine Learning to Predict Depression in College Students By Bethany Bump ALBANY, N.Y. (April 29, 2025) -- Researchers at the Center for Behavioral Health Promotion and Applied Research at UAlbany are leveraging machine learning to help identify and analyze trends in college student health and mental health. So far, they're finding that the models perform par  more

ALBANY, New York, April 30 -- The New York State Department of Transportation issued the following statement on April 29, 2025: * * * Statement From NYSDOT Region 7 Director Rob Haynes The New York State Department of Transportation is pleased to announce that State Route 56 in the Town of Colton, St. Lawrence County, is now open to two-way traffic following the completion of around-the-clock efforts to replace a 100-year-old culvert that had failed. A new, larger, pre-cast concrete box culve  more

ALBANY, New York, April 30 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: * * * Showcase 2025: Exploring the Digital Future of Healthcare By Carson Leombrone ALBANY, N.Y. (April 29, 2025) -- Over the past decade, virtual reality (VR), along with other types of immersive technologies, has surged in popularity. Whether for educational purposes, gaming activities or training simulations, these tools are being used across a wide range of applications and industries. One area of interes  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release: * * * The New York State Council of School Superintendents in Partnership with Discovery Education Announce Excellence in Leadership Award Winners Albany, NY and Charlotte, NC (Tuesday, April 29, 2025) -- The New York State Council of School Superintendents (NYSCOSS) in partnership with Discovery Education, the creator of essential K-12 lear  more

NEW YORK, April 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * TLC's New Series 'VIRGINS' Dares to Go All the Way, For the Very First Time New Season Trailer HERE and Photos HERE (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Today, TLC announced its latest original series, VIRGINS, a wild, warm, and wonderfully awkward ride with four adults who have yet to experience sexual intercourse, as they navigate love, intimacy, and self-disc  more

ROCHESTER, New York, April 30 -- Paychex, a provider of integrated human capital management solutions for payroll, human resources, retirement and insurance services, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Small Business Job Growth Remains Consistent in April Hourly earnings growth for small business workers slows to lowest level since May 2021 According to the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch, job growth in U.S. small businesses with fewer than 50 employees ticked up slightly   more

ALBANY, New York, April 30 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: * * * UAlbany Atmospheric Sciences Research Center Partners with Tomorrow.io to Build New AI Weather Forecasting Tools By Mike Nolan ALBANY, N.Y. (April 29, 2025) -- The University at Albany today announced a new partnership with Tomorrow.io, a leading weather technology company based in Boston, to collaborate on developing new AI-driven wind and extreme weather forecasting models. The project, led at UAlbany  more

NEW YORK, April 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, posted the following news: * * * Universal Fan Fest Nights Opens at Universal Studios Hollywood Eager fans are Really Going There as Universal Studios Hollywood rolled out the red carpet for its inaugural, all-new, after-hours event, Universal Fan Fest Nights. This highly anticipated, separately ticketed event cleverly transports fans and guests into immersive in-world experiences inspired by sci-fi, fantasy, ga  more

BUFFALO, New York, April 29 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * Businesses face hidden loan costs after going public New study reveals post-IPO lenders can raise interest rates based on financial performance By Kevin Manne Going public can help a company get better loan terms and more easily borrow from different banks, but new research from the University at Buffalo School of Management reveals that newly public firms can fa  more

NEW YORK, April 29 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * What They're Saying: New Yorkers Praise Mayor Adams' Ambitious Plan to Achieve Universal After-School April 29, 2025 On 20 th Anniversary of After-School Systems' Creation, NYC Makes Unprecedented $331 Million New Investment to Bring After-School to Over 20,000 More K-5 Students by Fall of 2027 Investment Brings Annual Spending on After-School to $755 Million Total 184,000 K-8 Students to Be Served   more