WASHINGTON, July 4 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in Broome County, New York. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2,275,928. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school districts; private, public an  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in neighborhoods of East Harlem and Washington Heights within Manhattan, and Bronx County, New York. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2,524,915. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, cit  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in the Village of Saranac Lake; and Essex County, New York. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2,811,870. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent scho  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in Allegany County, New York. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $3,872,438. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school districts; private, public   more

WASHINGTON, July 3 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in cities of Niagara Falls, Newfane, North Tonawand; and the Town of Lockport, New York. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $4,011,657. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township   more

WASHINGTON, July 3 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in Nassau County, New York. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $7,563,600. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school districts; private, public an  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $355,682 cooperative agreement to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, for the completion of cyclic maintenance projects for continued visitor access at the Appalachian National Scenic Trail in Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont and Wes  more

NEW YORK, July 5 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following news release: Wages increased in 14 of the 15 largest counties in New Jersey from the fourth quarter of 2017 to the fourth quarter of 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with 2017 annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more.) Mercer County had the largest increase, with a gain of 7.1 percent, f  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from the Economics Daily: In 1790, the newly established United States of America conducted its first census. Thomas Jefferson played dual roles serving as the country's first Secretary of State and director of the census. Today we look at over-the-year percent change in employment in the most populated areas during the 1790 census. In May 2019, employment in New York City, New York, th  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York field office issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Ernesto Lopez, a New York-licensed medical doctor who wrote thousands of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone and fentanyl over an approximately three-year period, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to five years in prison follow  more

WESTBURY, New York, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Northridge Construction Corp. for willful and serious violations of workplace safety standards at the company's headquarters in East Patchogue, New York. The company faces $224,620 in penalties. In December 2018, an employee suffered fatal injuries when a struct  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award up to 61 cooperative agreements for tuberculosis elimination. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with health. The funding is open to 61 project areas, including 50 state public health agencies or their bona fide agents; the cities of Los Angeles, California; San Francisco, California; San Diego  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $38,072 cooperative agreement to the Groundwork USA of Yonkers, New York, for split-rail fence restoration at the Booker T. Washington National Monument in Hardy, Virginia. The agency description of the grant states: "Participating in the project will provide meaningful life and work experience and training; land and resource stewardship education and appreciation; and technica  more

ALBANY, New York, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New York Field Office issued the following news release: New York corn planted area for all purposes in 2019 is 1.12 million acres, up 2 percent from 2018. Growers expect to harvest 590 thousand acres for corn grain, down from 645 thousand acres last year. New York soybean area this year is estimated at 270 thousand acres planted, down 18 percent from 2018. New York winter wheat acrea  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- NASA issued the following news release: Students in New York City will have an opportunity next week to talk with NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 10:15 a.m. EDT Monday, July 8, on NASA television and the agency's website. (https://www.nasa.gov/live) NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch will answer questions posed by kids participating in the New York Police Department's (NYPD) Youth Strategies Divis  more

ROCHESTER, New York, July 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, James P. Kennedy Jr., issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nolan Rogers, 32, of Lisbon, CT, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison, and a fine of up to $100,000. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean C. Eldridge, who is handling the case, stated that the criminal compl  more

BROOKLYN, New York, July 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Richard P. Donoghue, issued the following news release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Blake Kantor, who formerly operated a binary options company known as Blue Bit Banc and Blue Bit Analytics ("BBB"), was sentenced by United States District Judge Sandra J. Feuerstein to 86 months' imprisonment for operating a scheme to defraud BBB investors, and BBB investors who also invested in a cryptoc  more

ROCHESTER, New York, July 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, James P. Kennedy Jr., issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Thomas Alonzo Bolin, a/k/a Peter Vincent, 22, of Greece, NY, who was convicted of making a false statement to the FBI, was sentenced to serve time served (three months) and three years supervised release by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. As a condition of supervised release, the judge order  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that TODD CAPSER pled guilty this morning before U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken to one count of wire fraud, in connection with a $43 million fraud scheme. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: "Todd Capser purported to be a legitimate businessman and convince  more

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O'Neill, Police Commissioner of the City of New York ("NYPD"), announced today the unsealing of a superseding indictment and the arrest of EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ, a police officer with the NYPD, for conspiring to commit bank and loan fraud, as well as making false statemen  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: * * * - Defendants behind Hylan Asset Management are banned from the debt collection industry * * * The defendants behind a New York-based debt collection scheme will be permanently banned from the debt collection industry under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General, who alleged that the defendants bilked consumers out of millions of dollars by brokering and colle  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By John Van Winkle Rapid success in contracting has earned Air Force representatives an invite to the opening of the Nasdaq Stock Market July 3 in New York City. Air Force representatives received the invitation from an Air Force and AFWERX Small Business partner, Vita Inclinata Technologies LLC. Founders of that company will ring the opening bell July 3, signaling the start of the Nasdaq trading d  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $255,000 cooperative agreement to the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation of Buffalo, New York, for the operations and management of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site. The funding opportunity number is NPS-19-NERO-0048 (CFDA 15.946). For more information, contact Craig McKaige, 215/597-8863.  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it intends to award a $3.1 million cooperative agreement to the Emory University of Atlanta, Georgia; University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine; and New York City Health and Hospitals/Bellevue for national infection control strengthening. The agency description of the grant states: "CDC has a need and opportunity to emphasize collaborative development of  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 2 -- The U.S. Air Force (88th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By John Van Winkle Rapid success in contracting has earned Air Force representatives an invite to the opening of the Nasdaq Stock Market July 3 in New York City. Air Force representatives received the invitation from an Air Force and AFWERX Small Business partner, Vita Inclinata Technologies LLC. Founders of that company will ring the opening bell July 3, signaling the start of  more

KINGS POINT, New York, July 5 -- The Maritime Administration's U.S. Merchant Marine Academy issued the following news release: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point (USMMA) welcomed 280 "Plebe Candidates" from the Class of 2023 for initial training today. The nearly 20-day orientation period known as Indoctrination, or Indoc, teaches plebe candidates the basics of maritime and regimental life at USMMA. Training will emphasize military discipline, daily regimental routine, physical fitnes  more