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State Tipoffs Involving New York Newsletter for Thursday June 05, 2025 ( 31 items )  

63% of Americans Have a Negative View About Tipping, With 41% Saying Tipping Culture Has Gotten Out of Control
NEW YORK, June 5 -- Bankrate, a provider of financial services, issued the following news release: * * * 63% of Americans Have a Negative View About Tipping, with 41% Saying Tipping Culture Has Gotten Out of Control While tipping frequency has generally stabilized after declining for years, Gen Zers and millennials stand out as the least frequent tippers * NEW YORK - June 4, 2025 - Nearly two-thirds (63%) of Americans have at least one negative view towards tipping, up from 59% last year,   more

Bloomberg Expands Alternative Data Offering With Web Traffic Data From Similarweb
NEW YORK, June 5 -- Bloomberg issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * Bloomberg Expands Alternative Data Offering with Web Traffic Data from Similarweb Doubles company coverage of Bloomberg's {ALTD} and empowers Bloomberg Terminal clients to generate deeper insights and make more informed investment decisions using alternative data * Bloomberg today announced the availability of Similarweb's web traffic data on the Bloomberg Terminal via {ALTD}, significantly enhanc  more

Bowdoin College: What Does the Common Good Look Like?
BRUNSWICK, Maine, June 5 -- Bowdoin College issued the following news: * * * What Does the Common Good Look Like? By Tom Porter It was a chance encounter on the streets of New York City that changed the direction of his life, recalled George Khaldun '73, addressing fellow Bowdoin graduates at a recent Reunion event. With a background in education and community development after Bowdoin, Khaldun wound up at Colombia University's graduate school in 1988, where he studied educational policy. H  more

Columbia Journalism School Receives $3 Million Grant From Knight Foundation to Expand Loan Repayment Assistance Program Across Four Universities
NEW YORK, June 5 -- Columbia University's Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: * * * Columbia Journalism School Receives $3 Million Grant from Knight Foundation to Expand Loan Repayment Assistance Program Across Four Universities For two years, LRAP has made it possible for Columbia graduates to pursue public service journalism without being constrained by educational debt. Columbia Journalism School has received a transformative grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Fo  more

Cornell Atkinson awards catalyze solutions in food, climate, clean energy
ITHACA, New York, June 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Cornell Atkinson awards catalyze solutions in food, climate, clean energy * By 2030, Dhaka, Bangladesh is projected to experience dramatic increases in flooding and an average of 65 days per year of extreme heat. There are over 3,000 apparel factories in Bangladesh, whose workers and production are increasingly threatened by climate change, in the form of the high temperatures and extreme flooding. "Climate cha  more

Drew and Jonathan Scott Help More Celebrities Deliver Heartwarming Home Renovations In a New Season of HGTV's 'Celebrity IOU'
NEW YORK, June 4 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * Drew and Jonathan Scott Help More Celebrities Deliver Heartwarming Home Renovations In a New Season of HGTV's 'Celebrity IOU' * HGTV's smash hit series Celebrity IOU will return beginning Wednesday, July 9, at 8 p.m. ET/PT with six new star-studded episodes featuring Tyra Banks, Rachel Brosnahan, Josh Gad, Joel McHale, Jane Seymour and Shaun White. Best  more

Forbes Announces 10th Anniversary List Of America's Richest Self-Made Women
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, June 5 -- Forbes Media issued the following news release: * * * Forbes Announces 10th Anniversary List Of America's Richest Self-Made Women Diane Hendricks, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, Selena Gomez, Serena Williams, Lucy Guo, Meg Whitman and more are among the list of America's wealthiest women * NEW YORK - June 3, 2025 - Forbes today unveiled its 10th Anniversary list of America's Richest Self-Made Women, the definitive ranking of the country's 100 wealt  more

Intellicheck Now Integrates With Ping Identity's PingOne DaVinci to Advance Access to Industry-Leading Identity Verification
MELVILLE, New York, June 5 -- Intellicheck issued the following news release: * * * Intellicheck Now Integrates with Ping Identity's PingOne DaVinci to Advance Access to Industry-Leading Identity Verification MELVILLE, N.Y. - June 4, 2025 - Intellicheck, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDN), an industry-leading identity company delivering proprietary on-demand digital and physical identity validation technology solutions, announced a new integration with Ping Identity, a leader in securing digital identities f  more

Mastercard and PayPal to partner on Mastercard One Credential to supercharge choice at checkout
PURCHASE, New York, June 4 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Mastercard issued the following news release: * * * Mastercard and PayPal to partner on Mastercard One Credential to supercharge choice at checkout * Companies to co-develop new features using Mastercard One Credential, giving consumers multiple ways to pay What we are saying * Mastercard and PayPal are teaming up to offer shoppers more choice and control over how they check out. * Mastercard has innovated One Credential   more

Mayor Adams Takes Action To Make City Streets Safer: Announces Citywide Speed Limit for E-Bikes and E-Scooters, Presses City Council for Action on Stalled Legislation To Protect Delivery Workers
NEW YORK, June 4 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Mayor Adams Takes Action To Make City Streets Safer: Announces Citywide Speed Limit for E-Bikes and E-Scooters, Presses City Council for Action on Stalled Legislation To Protect Delivery Workers * June 4, 2025 Proposed Rule Prohibits E-Bikes and E-Scooters from Traveling Faster Than 15 Miles-Per-Hour on City Streets Mayor Adams Says Enforcement and Physical Safety Measures Can Only Go So Far: Pushes for C  more

Mayor Adams, Chancellor Aviles Ramos Announce $128 Million in New Investments To Stabilize School Budgets for 2025-2026 School Year
NEW YORK, June 4 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Mayor Adams, Chancellor Aviles Ramos Announce $128 Million in New Investments To Stabilize School Budgets for 2025-2026 School Year * June 4, 2025 Investment in All K-12 and District 75 Schools Builds on Mayor Adams' Commitment to Making New York City Best Place to Raise a Family by Investing in Critical Programs Year-After-Year Investment Will Not Penalize Schools for Enrollment Drops in Upcoming School   more

Mayor Adams, Chancellor Aviles Ramos Announce Historic New Inclusive Early Childhood Center in Brooklyn to Open This Fall
NEW YORK, June 4 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Mayor Adams, Chancellor Aviles Ramos Announce Historic New Inclusive Early Childhood Center in Brooklyn to Open This Fall * New School Model Launching at P.S. 6 Will House First AIMS Program in Central Brooklyn  New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles Ramos today announced a first-ever inclusive early childhood education center, also known as an annex, for c  more

Mayor Adams, Macy's 4th Of July Fireworks Announce Fireworks Display Will Return to Brooklyn Bridge and East River As Nation's Largest Independence Day Celebration Takes Place During New York City's 400th Anniversary
NEW YORK, June 4 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Mayor Adams, Macy's 4th Of July Fireworks Announce Fireworks Display Will Return to Brooklyn Bridge and East River As Nation's Largest Independence Day Celebration Takes Place During New York City's 400th Anniversary * Lighting Up Iconic New York City Skyline, 49th Edition of Macy's 4th of July Fireworks  Will Fire from Barges on East River at the Seaport District, and Iconic Brooklyn Bridge, Providing Mil  more

Microbes that extract rare earth elements also can capture carbon
ITHACA, New York, June 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Microbes that extract rare earth elements also can capture carbon * A small but mighty microbe that can safely extract the rare earth and other critical elements for building everything from satellites to solar panels has another superpower: capturing carbon dioxide. Three papers published in the last month by Cornell researchers explore new strategies to recruit the bacteria Gluconobacter oxydans (G. oxydans)   more

N.Y. Comptroller: Action Needed on New York's Long-Delayed Adoption of Crucial Next Generation 911
ALBANY, New York, June 5 -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * Action Needed on New York's Long-Delayed Adoption of Crucial Next Generation 911 State Comptroller's Audit Finds Agency Delays Have Stalled Transition, With Counties Given Minimal Guidance on How to Prepare for the Change Next Generation 911 (NG911) is a long-promised upgrade to New York's emergency communications system that would allow photos, voice and video c  more

N.Y. PSC Announces Technical Conferences on Energy Efficiency & Building Electrification
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The New York Public Service Commission has announced two technical conferences to discuss residential weatherization program best practices, as part of the state's comprehensive energy efficiency initiatives. These conferences stem from the "Order Authorizing Non-Low- to Moderate-Income Energy Efficiency and Building Electrification Portfolios for 2026-2030" and build upon efforts in "In the Matter of a Comprehensive Energy Efficiency Initiative". Issued on June 4, 2025, t  more

Newmark Facilitates $150.7 Million Sale of Trophy Creative Campus in Playa Vista, California
NEW YORK, June 4 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Newmark Group posted the following news release: * * * Newmark Facilitates $150.7 Million Sale of Trophy Creative Campus in Playa Vista, California * Newmark announces the Company has facilitated the $150.7 million sale of i|o at Playa Vista, a 306,809 square-foot creative workplace campus in Playa Vista, California. Newmark Co-Head of U.S. Capital Markets Kevin Shannon, Vice Chairmen Ken White, Rob Hannan, Laura Stumm and Michael Moll represe  more

Newmark Facilitates $210 Million Sale of Iconic Office Tower in Downtown Los Angeles' Financial District
NEW YORK, June 4 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Newmark Group posted the following news release: * * * Newmark Facilitates $210 Million Sale of Iconic Office Tower in Downtown Los Angeles' Financial District * Newmark announces the company has arranged the sale of 601 South Figueroa Street -- also known as 601 Fig or Fig at Wilshire -- a 1,041,315-square-foot high-rise office tower in Downtown Los Angeles. The asset sold for $210 million, equating to a price of approximately $202 per square f  more

Paychex Launches New Experience for Accountants
ROCHESTER, New York, June 5 -- Paychex, a provider of integrated human capital management solutions for payroll, human resources, retirement and insurance services, issued the following news release: * * * Paychex Launches New Experience for Accountants Paychex Partner Pro offers value-added insights to enhance client advisory service capabilities for partners * Rochester, N.Y. (June 4, 2025) - Paychex, Inc., an industry-leading human capital management (HCM) company, has introduced a new p  more

Research at risk: Better testing for tick-borne diseases
ITHACA, New York, June 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Research at risk: Better testing for tick-borne diseases * Laura Goodman was close to finalizing a prototype of a new test that can detect any tick-borne disease. Unlike some current tests, it could provide results even before symptoms occur - and even for unknown diseases. That's important, because ticks around the world can potentially transmit hundreds of disease agents, some of them not yet known, and they   more

Saint Regis Tribe's Election Board Addresses Absentee Ballots Issues
AKWESASNE, New York, June 5 -- The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news on June 4, 2025: * * * The Saint Regis Tribe's Election Board Addresses Absentee Ballots Issues The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's ("SRMT") Election Board has been made aware of various absentee ballot issues. Beginning April 28, 2025, eligible voters could start requesting absentee ballots with a deadline of May 28, 2025. Currently, absentee ballots that were request  more

Syracuse Stage Concludes 2024-25 Season With 'The National Pastime'
SYRACUSE, New York, June 4 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Syracuse Stage Concludes 2024-25 Season With 'The National Pastime' * Syracuse Stage concludes its 2024-25 season with the world premiere production of "The National Pastime," a provocative psychological thriller about state secrets, sonic weaponry, stolen baseball signs and the father and son relationship in the middle of it all. Written by acclaimed playwright and University alumnus Rogelio Martinez '93, "  more

These Two BU Alums Could Take Home a Tony Award Sunday Night
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 5 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * These Two BU Alums Could Take Home a Tony Award Sunday Night Actor Tala Ashe and lighting designer Scott Zielinski are first-time nominees By John O'Rourke Early last month, Scott Zielinski was nearly 3,000 miles away from his home in New York City, standing before "one of the most beautiful waterfalls I've ever seen, in Iceland," he says, when his Apple Watch started pinging with messages of congratulation  more

Three Bard College Graduates Win 2025 Fulbright Awards
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, June 5 -- Bard College issued the following news release: * * * Three Bard College Graduates Win 2025 Fulbright Awards ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.--Three Bard College graduates have won 2025-26 Fulbright Awards for individually designed research projects and English teaching assistantships. The Fulbright program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee   more

Transcript: Mayor Adams Calls In For Interview On 94.7 The Block's "Jonesy In The Morning"
NEW YORK, June 4 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Transcript: Mayor Adams Calls In For Interview On 94.7 The Block's "Jonesy In The Morning" * Tarsha Jones: Ladies and gentlemen, Mayor Eric Adams.  Mayor Eric Adams: Hey, how's it going? Good morning. Jones: Good morning. I saw you in them streets. I saw you in them streets, dancing. Dancing in the streets. Mayor Adams: We outside. We outside. Yesterday, we raised the Puerto Rican flag down at Bowling Gre  more

Transcript: Mayor Adams Delivers Remarks at Flag-Raising Ceremony for Puerto Rico
NEW YORK, June 3 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Transcript: Mayor Adams Delivers Remarks at Flag-Raising Ceremony for Puerto Rico * Mayor Eric Adams: We are looking forward to the march that's coming up, and we know how important it is. This community has contributed so much, so many things on so many levels. And when you look at behind me, these are not just random people who stopped on the street. This is my administration.  And I cannot think of how m  more

Transcript: Mayor Adams Hosts Reception Celebrating LGBTQ2+ Pride Month
NEW YORK, June 3 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Transcript: Mayor Adams Hosts Reception Celebrating LGBTQ2+ Pride Month * Mayor Eric Adams: To the 600 strong that's here tonight, you must not have gotten a memo to boycott, you know? It's good to see you and good to see you all here. This community, we have gone so far back. I'm not new to you, I'm true to you.  The experiences we have had together, not only during my days as Brooklyn Borough President, b  more

UAlbany Physicists Test Scientific Approach to UAP Research
ALBANY, New York, June 5 (TNSjou) -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: * * * UAlbany Physicists Test Scientific Approach to UAP Research By Michael Parker The UAlbany team utilized the UFODAP system to track and analyze unidentified anomalous phenomena during its California experiments. ALBANY, N.Y. (June 4, 2025) -- A team of physicists from the University at Albany has proposed scientifically rigorous methods for documenting and analyzing Unidentified Anomalous Phenomen  more

UB Launches AI and Health Science Lecture Series
BUFFALO, New York, June 5 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * UB launches AI and health science lecture series The initiative kicks off June 10 as scholar Brian Athey will discuss how AI will affect academic health centers By Cory Nealon BUFFALO, N.Y. - Artificial intelligence is already transforming health care. At the University at Buffalo alone, researchers are harnessing the technology to improve medical imaging, find tre  more

Verizon Business launches Vehicle-to-Everything connected-driving platform with multiple customers
NEW YORK, June 4 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: * * * Verizon Business launches Vehicle-to-Everything connected-driving platform with multiple customers * Edge Transportation Exchange is an integrated mobile-network vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication platform that allows a vehicle to communicate with other connected vehicles, road users, and infrastructure around it. Volkswagen Group o  more

Whole Foods Market Daily Shop in New York City's Hell's Kitchen Neighborhood Now Open
AUSTIN, Texas, June 5 -- Whole Foods Market issued the following news release: * * * Whole Foods Market Daily Shop in New York City's Hell's Kitchen Neighborhood Now Open Smaller store format features more than 400 local products from 100+ Northeast-based suppliers * NEW YORK, NY (June 4, 2025) - Today, Whole Foods Market opened the third location of its smaller format store concept, Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, located at 301 West 50th Street in Hell's Kitchen. The 8,500-square-foot stor  more