WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to three discretionary grants for Head Start services in Oneida and Herkimer counties, New York. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $8,252,786. 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;  more

UPTON, New York, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Through DOE's new Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) program, Brookhaven will partner with Massachusetts-based startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems to develop superconducting power cables and test their ability to withstand damage-inducing events known as quenches * * * A project between the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Labor  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from The Economics Daily: Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 56 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in the remaining 333 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Ocean City, New Jersey (+9.4 percent), Ithaca, New York (+6.5 percent), and Wilmington, North Carolina (+6.4 percent). View chart at (https://www.bls.gov/opub/  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Slip Op. 19-138): POSCO, Plaintiff, NUCOR CORPORATION, Consolidated Plaintiff, ARCELORMITTAL USA LLC and SSAB ENTERPRISES LLC, Plaintiff-Intervenors, Vs. UNITED STATES, Defendant, And SSAB ENTERPRISES LLC, NUCOR CORPORATION, ARCELORMITTAL USA LLC and POSCO, Defendant-Intervenors. Before: Gary S. Katzmann, Judge Consol. Court No. 17-00137 OPINION [Commerce's Final Results of Redetermination purs  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Slip Op. 19-140): SHAKE AND SHINGLE ALLIANCE, Plaintiff, and GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and COMMITTEE OVERSEEING ACTION FOR LUMBER INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTIGATIONS OR NEGOTIATIONS, Defendant-Intervenor. Before: Jennifer Choe-Groves, Judge Court No. 18-00228 OPINION [Remanding the U.S. Department of Commerce's final scope ruling as to cedar shake  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Slip Op. 19-142): TRANSPACIFIC STEEL LLC, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES ET AL., Defendants. Before: Claire R. Kelly, Gary S. Katzmann, and Jane A. Restani, Judges Court No. 19-00009 OPINION AND ORDER [Denying Defendants' motion to dismiss Plaintiff's amended complaint for failure to state a claim for which relief may be granted. Judge Katzmann files a separate concurrence.] Matthew Nosher Nolan a  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Slip Op. 19-139): YC RUBBER CO. (NORTH AMERICA) LLC AND SUTONG TIRE RESOURCES, INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SUTONG CHINA TIRE RESOURCES), Plaintiffs, KENDA RUBBER (CHINA) CO., LTD., Plaintiff-Intervenor, And MAYRUN TYRE (HONG KONG) LIMITED AND ITG VOMA CORPORATION, Consolidated-Plaintiffs, Vs. UNITED STATES, Defendant. Before: Mark A. Barnett, Judge Consol. Court No. 19-00069 OPINION AND ORDER [Deny  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news story: Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said that Turkey cannot have Russia's surface-to-air missile system and continue purchasing F-35 fighters from the U.S. Esper made his remarks to the news media en route to New York yesterday, where he rang Nasdaq's closing bell in honor of Veterans Day. The secretary said in Brussels recently that he has told Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar the NATO allies -- parti  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has awarded the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) $7.8 million to support the state's air pollution control and air monitoring programs. "Since the implementation of the Clean Air Act in 1970, air quality has drastically improved and our state partners play a key role in reducing harmful air pollutants throu  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has awarded the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) $9.35 million to support the state's air pollution control and air monitoring programs. "Since the implementation of the Clean Air Act in 1970, air quality has drastically improved and our state partners play a key role in reducing harmful air pollutan  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release, dated Nov. 8: The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY) announced today the results of the 2019 election for four positions on the FHLBNY's Board of Directors whose terms will each commence on January 1, 2020. All the terms will run for four years, expiring on December 31, 2023. The specific results of the election, which took place on Nove  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Center for Microeconomic Data today issued its Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit, which shows that total household debt increased by $92 billion (0.7%) to $13.95 trillion in the third quarter of 2019. This marks the 21st consecutive quarter with an increase, and the total is now $1.3 trillion higher, in nominal terms, than the previous peak of $12.68 tr  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 15 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following remarks by Senior Vice President James P. Bergin at the 5th Annual Culture and Conduct Forum: "I will discuss why the culture of the financial industry is important to the New York Fed, the nature of the problem we are trying to solve, and some of our various initiatives in this area. Please note that my comments today are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of New Yor  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), Margaret Garnett, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation ("DOI"), and Michael Schmidt, New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Financ  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Grant C. Jaquith, issued the following news release: * * * - Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials * * * Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Project Guardian, a new initiative designed to reduce gun violence and enforce federal firearms laws across the country. Specifically, Project Guardian focuses on in  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Richard P. Donoghue, issued the following news release: The United States has reached agreement with Paul Mangione, a former Deutsche Bank executive, to settle a civil action filed in September 2017 in which the United States sought civil penalties for Mangione's conduct in connection with Deutsche Bank's marketing and sale of two residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in 2007. The agreement provides f  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 15 -- 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 William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced the arrest of RICHARD LIRIANO for installing a malicious software program known as a "keylogger" on dozens of his coworkers' computers at a Ne  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 -- 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, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Jay N. Lerner, Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging attorney  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- 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 that RALPH MANCINI, the owner and operator of County Waste Management, a waste disposal business based in Harrison, New York, pled guilty today to mail fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Margaret Smith. MANCINI admitted as part of his plea that he had defrauded num  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: * * * - Former Head of China Subsidiary Also Charged With Perjury and Destruction of Records in Federal Investigations * * * Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York ("SDNY"), Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ"), and William F. Swe  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * - Featuring Iconic Work by Danish Painter Michael Ancher Alongside Depictions of Artists' Communities in New York City * * * The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery will present "Portraits of the World: Denmark," the next installment in the museum's international series highlighting the global context of American portraiture. The new exhibition will feature "Kunstdommere" (Art Judges), Michael An  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Naval Academy issued the following news release: Naval Academy midshipmen majoring in cyber operations took second and third place in the 16th annual Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) Policy Competition organized by the New York University Center for Cybersecurity last Friday, Nov. 8, in New York City. Only five teams nationwide were invited to the competition and the Naval Academy is the only school to have two teams to compete in the finals. The p  more

BERLIN, Germany, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Embassy in Germany issued the following news release: At the invitation of US Ambassador Richard Grenell, American photographer Christopher Makos is exhibiting 25 of his works in the residence of the US Ambassador in Berlin. Ambassador Grenell opened the exclusive exhibition on November 14 together with artist Christopher Makos and his partner Paul Solberg in the presence of invited guests. The 25 giclee prints in this exhibition document the 1980's in Amer  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 -- President Trump issued the following remarks at the Economic Club of New York at the New York Hilton Midtown: THE PRESIDENT: There's always somebody with a phone. It becomes live. Ask a lot of politicians that are no longer in politics. I want to thank Marie-Josee Kravis for your incredible leadership of the club. It's an honor to be here. It is wonderful also to be back in New York with so many friends and distinguished leaders in business, in finance, academia, and, I ha  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 11 -- President Trump issued the following remarks at the New York City Veterans Day parade at the Madison Square Park: THE PRESIDENT: Today, we come together as one nation to salute the veterans of the United States Armed Forces -- the greatest warriors to ever walk the face of the Earth. Our veterans risked everything for us. Now it is our duty to serve and protect them every single day of our lives. It is truly an honor to come back to New York City, right here in Madison Squ  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a subsidiary of Broadcasting Board of Governors, issued the following news release: Two high-profile events in New York and Kyiv today indicate increasing public pressure for the release of imprisoned Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev, a case that has become emblematic of the Russia-backed separatist conflict in Ukraine's eastern region. PEN America dedicated its annual event marking the Da  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury did not intervene in foreign exchange markets during the July - September 2019 quarter, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said today in its quarterly report to the U.S. Congress. The U.S. dollar, as measured by the Federal Reserve Board's broad trade-weighted dollar index, appreciated 3.1 percent in the third quarter of 2019, strengthening notably against most m  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's U.S. Mint issued the following news release: The United States Mint today announced the appointment of Dr. Lawrence S. Brown to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) as a member representing the interests of the general public in the coinage of the United States. This appointment for a statutory term of four years will fill the vacancy on the CCAC created by the term expiration of Erik Jansen. A life-long numismatist, Dr. B  more