NEW YORK, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following news release: Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA metropolitan area for the year ended in September 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli noted that one year ago, New York experienced an annual gain of 3.1 percent in  more

ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Louisiana, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, and Travis Air Force Base, California, coordinated air mobility operations during exercise Green Flag Little Rock, Oct. 19-27. Approximately 106 Contingency Response Airmen participated in the exercise operating out of Alexandria International Airport and the Joint Re  more

ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Louisiana, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force's Travis Air Force Base (60th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, and Travis Air Force Base, California, coordinated air mobility operations during exercise Green Flag - Little Rock, Oct. 19-27. Approximately 106 contingency response Airmen participated in the exercise operating out of Alexandria Internat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the seventh update to the Administrator's Emphasis List of Superfund Sites Targeted for Immediate, Intense Action. In this latest update, the Universal Oil Products site in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and the Arsenic Mine in the Town of Kent, New York, were removed from the list, and two sites were added: The DePu  more

DEPUE, Illinois, Oct. 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the seventh update to the Administrator's Emphasis List of Superfund Sites targeted for immediate, intense action. This latest update adds the DePue (New Jersey Zinc) site in DePue, Illinois. "All Americans deserve timely action on Superfund site cleanups in their communities - not delays," said EPA Admi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued the following news release: City National Bank of New Jersey ("City National") in Newark was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Industrial Bank in Washington, D.C. to assume all of the deposits of City National. The three branches of C  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: A Keasbey, New Jersey, tax preparer was sentenced today to 29 months in prison for filing a false tax return for two clients and failing to file a tax return, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. David Patterson, 38, previously pleaded before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return and one  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: A Social Security Administration employee was sentenced today to 34 months in prison for unlawfully accessing the Social Security accounts of individuals and falsifying their records in order to steal funds for his own use, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Nicholas Pao, 38, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: One of the critical pillars of mission readiness are the instructors who train our nation's service members to perform their military occupational specialty successfully. One instructor shined over fellow competitors during the 94th Training Division - Force Sustainment Instructor of the Year Competition held here Aug. 15-17, 2019. Sgt. 1st Class Raul Nieves, a Camuy, Puerto Rico n  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release: The Securities and Exchange Commission's New York Regional Office and Fordham University School of Law will host a conference on November 1 on combating community-based financial fraud. The conference will focus on fraudulent and manipulative schemes that target potential victims based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, and other associations. Conference participants from the SEC, Department  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: Someone had a crappy day at one of the Transportation Security Administration checkpoints yesterday at Newark Liberty International Airport when he didn't watch his "Pees and Qs" and instead of rolling through the security process, this cowboy got stopped up when he was found to have a most unusual prohibited item in his carry-on bag on Tuesday, Oct  more

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Air Forces in Europe issued the following news: U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, deployed to Tunisia to train with the Tunisian air force. The 818 MSAS is conducting mobility security cooperation training. This bilateral training is focused on developing aircraft maintenance expertise and civil engineering skills. This training is essential to continue t  more

ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Louisiana, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, and Travis Air Force Base, California, coordinated air mobility operations during exercise Green Flag - Little Rock, Oct. 19-27. Approximately 106 contingency response Airmen participated in the exercise operating out of Alexandria International Airport and the Joint Readiness Training Ce  more