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Federal Tipoffs Involving New York Newsletter for Sunday February 23, 2020 ( 23 items )  

$29.2 Million Funding Available for All-Hazards Emergency Preparedness in FEMA Region 2
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it expects to award up to five discretionary grants for all-hazards emergency preparedness in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $29,183,271. The funding is open to state or territorial governments; state administrative agencies; or state emergency management agencies. The agency description of t  more

$500,000 Available in Cooperative Agreements for Wetland Restoration in 8 States
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award up to 40 cooperative agreements for Great Lakes wetland and upland habitat restoration to conserve fish and wildlife population in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $500,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was a  more

ACUS, Stanford Law School, and NYU School of Law Announce Report on Artificial Intelligence in Federal Agencies
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Administrative Conference of the United States issued the following news release: The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), Stanford Law School, and New York University School of Law are pleased to announce the release of a major report exploring federal agencies' use of artificial intelligence (AI) to carry out administrative law functions. This is the most comprehensive study of the subject ever conducted in the United States. The report, entitled   more

Court of International Trade Issues Opinion in AFL-CIO Case
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Slip Op. 20-20): UNITED STEEL, PAPER AND FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY, ALLIED INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO, CLC, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, CHINA RUBBER INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, AND CHINA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF METALS, MINERALS AND CHEMICALS, Defendant-Intervenors. Before: Jennifer Choe-Groves, Judge Consol. Cour  more

Court of International Trade Issues Opinion in Linyi Chengen Import & Export Case
NEW YORK, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Slip Op. 20-22): LINYI CHENGEN IMPORT AND EXPORT CO., LTD., Plaintiff, and CELTIC CO., LTD., ET AL., Consolidated Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and COALITION FOR FAIR TRADE IN HARDWOOD PLYWOOD, Defendant-Intervenor. Before: Jennifer Choe-Groves, Judge Consol. Court No. 18-00002 OPINION AND ORDER [Remanding the U.S. Department of Commerce's remand redetermination as to the antidumping  more

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Savage, L.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 18: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that Navy Seaman 1st Class Lyal J. Savage, 19, of Dexter, New York, killed during World War II, was accounted for on July 29, 2019. On Dec. 7, 1941, Savage was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Ok  more

FAA: Airworthiness Directives for Bombardier Airplanes, Quebec, Canada
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- The Transportation Department's Federal Aviation Administration has issued a proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on Feb. 18, entitled: "Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes". The rule was issued by Gaetano A. Sciortino, Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service. For more information, contact: Andrea Jimenez, Aerospace Engineer, Airframe and Mechanical Systems Secti  more

Fed Governor Brainard Issues Speech at 2020 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum
NEW YORK, Feb. 22 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on Feb. 21 by Governor Lael Brainard at the 2020 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum sponsored by the Initiative on Global Markets at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business: I want to thank Anil Kashyap and the Initiative on Global Markets for inviting me, along with my colleague Raphael Bostic, to comment on this year's U.S. Monetary Policy Forum report by a distinguished set of authors./1 This year's report addresses the  more

Fed Vice Chair Clarida Issues Speech at 2020 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum
NEW YORK, Feb. 22 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on Feb. 21 by Vice Chair Richard H. Clarida at the 2020 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum sponsored by the Initiative on Global Markets at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business: Thank you to the conference organizers for inviting me here to discuss what former Chair Bernanke has famously referred to as a "hall of mirrors" problem: a situation in which a central bank's reaction function and financial market prices interac  more

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Announces Full-Year and Fourth Quarter 2019 Operating Highlights
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLBNY") released its unaudited financial highlights for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2019. The FHLBNY's net income for 2019 was $472.6 million, a decrease of $87.9 million, or 15.7 percent, from net income of $560.5 million for 2018, primarily due to lower asset balances, less favorable funding   more

Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Year-Ahead Household Spending Expectations Decline in December 2019 SCE Household Spending Survey
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Center for Microeconomic Data released the December 2019 Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) Household Spending Survey, which provides information on individuals' experiences and expectations regarding household spending. The survey shows the highest reading for monthly household spending growth compared to a year ago since April 2015. The share of respondents wh  more

FERC Approves Market Rules to Protect Competition, Supplies in NYISO
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 20: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) acted to protect competition in the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.'s (NYISO) capacity market today by improving the buyer-side market power mitigation rules to send accurate price signals to markets and to ensure adequate supplies for consumers. Today's actions came in four orders that address speci  more

FERC Commissioner Glick Issues Statement on Independent Power Producers of New York
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Feb. 20 by Commissioner Richard Glick on a decision (Docket Nos. EL13-62-001 and EL13-62-002) involving Independent Power Producers of New York vs. New York Independent System Operator: Today the Commission issues a series of orders addressing buyer-side market power mitigation rules in the NYISO capacity market. Notably, none of the orders is actually focused on buyers   more

FERC Commissioner Glick Issues Statement on New York Independent System Operator
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Feb. 20 by Commissioner Richard Glick on a decision (Docket No. ER16-1404-000) involving New York Independent System Operator: Today the Commission issues a series of orders addressing buyer-side market power mitigation rules in the NYISO capacity market. Notably, none of the orders is actually focused on buyers with market power. Instead, these orders only illustrate th  more

FERC Commissioner Glick Issues Statement on New York Public Service Commission
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Feb. 20 by Commissioner Richard Glick on a decision (Docket Nos. EL16-92-001 and ER17-996-000) involving New York Public Service Commission vs. New York Independent System Operator: Today the Commission issues a series of orders addressing buyer-side market power mitigation rules in the NYISO capacity market. Notably, none of the orders is actually focused on buyers with  more

FERC Commissioner Glick Issues Statement on New York State Energy Research & Development Authority
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Feb. 20 by Commissioner Richard Glick on a decision (Docket No. EL19-86-000) involving New York Public Service Commission and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority vs. New York Independent System Operator: Today the Commission issues a series of orders addressing buyer-side market power mitigation rules in the NYISO capacity market. Notably, none of th  more

ICE, NY Law Enforcement Agencies Address Dangers of New York's Green Light Law
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: The acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director and federal, state and local law enforcement officials hosted a news conference to address how the Green Light Law in the state of New York impacts public safety. Hosted at the Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office in Troy, New York, 17 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies gathered t  more

New York Special Election Reporting: 27th District 2020
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following reporting litigation document: New York has scheduled a special election to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the 27th congressional district vacated by Representative Chris Collins. The Special General Election will be held on April 28, 2020. Participating candidates must file additional reports in connection with this election. Quarterly filing PACs and party committees that make previously undisclosed c  more

NRC Receives Event Notification Involving FitzPatrick Power Reactor in New York
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54533) involving the FitzPatrick power reactor in New York: UNANALYZED CONDITION - UNPROTECTED DC CONTROL CIRCUITS [On February 20, 2020, at 1240 EST, the Licensee determined the following information:] "This notification is in reference to reports EN 54130 and LER 2019-002, which were retracted. James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant received additional information on the technical basis f  more

Transportation Secretary Chao Issues Remarks at International Air Transport Association Legal Symposium
NEW YORK CITY, New York, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following remarks on Feb. 20 by Secretary Elaine L. Chao at the International Air Transport Association Legal Symposium: Thanks for the opportunity to be here today. As you have heard, this is my third time back at the U.S. Department of Transportation. When I was deputy secretary of Transportation, I served with Jeff Shane when he was Assistant Secretary of Policy. Jeff is widely known for his expertise and ex  more

U.S. Department of Labor Cites New York Cookie Manufacturer for Exposing Employees to Falls and Other Hazards
ALBANY, New York, Feb. 13 -- 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 Nonni's Foods LLC for exposing employees to falls and other hazards at the Ferndale, New York, facility. The manufacturer of premium cookies faces $221,257 in penalties. OSHA opened an inspection on Aug. 22, 2019, after learning that an employee fell on Aug. 7, 2  more

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $374,489 to Three Airports in New York
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $374,489 in airport safety and infrastructure grants to three airports in New York. This investment in New York's airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America's airports that was announced by Secretary Chao. "This $520.5 million in f  more

Wildlife Conservation Society to Receive $125,000 from Interior
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interiors U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award $125,000 cooperative agreements to the Wildlife Conservation Society of New York for data collection, management, analysis and logistical support for endangered species projects. The agency description of the grant states: "This opportunity will provide funding to assist with analysis and publication of existing Service data, assist with research on yellow-billed loons,   more