WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is inviting the public to comment on its proposal to finalize a final cleanup plan for the 80-120 Lister Ave. portion of the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in Newark, NJ. The site includes 5.8 acres of land between 80-120 Lister Ave., the Lower Passaic River, and a portion of Newark Bay. Activities at Lister Ave. left behind contaminated soil, debris, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * Various Deadlines Postponed to Feb. 3, 2025 * * * The Internal Revenue Service announced today tax relief for individuals and businesses in Connecticut and New York affected by severe storms and flooding from torrential rainfalls that began on Aug. 18, 2024. Some communities in western Connecticut also experienced landslides and mudslides from thes more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: One Massachusetts resident has been indicted, and two Massachusetts residents and one New York resident have agreed to plead guilty, in connection with a scheme to defraud various health insurance companies by submitting false claims seeking reimbursement for over $1 million of bogus medical expenses purportedly incurred during international travel. Henry Ezeo more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Eric Goldstein, the former Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Department of Education's (NYC DOE) Office of School Support Services, and Blaine Iler, Michael Turley and Brian Twomey, the owners of SOMMA Food Group (SOMMA), were sentenced by U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin sitting by designati more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Edward A. Caban, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), announced today the unsealing of a nine-count indictment charging four individuals--KELVIN FERNANDEZ, DEIVID PEREZ, a/k/a "Bujia," JUAN LOPEZ, a/k/a "Secreto," and MOISES HERNANDEZ DE L more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: A four-count indictment was unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging Kwyme Waddell, Paolo Alfarobarber, Rahim Frank, Mikey Jemison, Sebastian Jocelyn, Joel Myrie and Jahi Nimmons with violent crimes in-aid-of racketeering -- including murder conspiracy and attempted murder -- and related firearms offenses. more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * Sanitation Union Local 813 Plan Preserves Benefits Through Receipt of Special Financial Assistance * * * The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Pension Plan Private Sanitation Union, Local 813 I.B. of T. (Sanitation Union Local 813 Plan). The plan,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.8 million grant to the Educational and Cultural Trust Fund of the Electric City in Flushing, New York, for building renovations to support clean energy workforce development in the region. This grant will support construction of an ons more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 -- U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai issued the following remarks: * * * United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today delivered remarks at the 41st Grand Lodge Convention of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). In her remarks, Ambassador Tai affirmed the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to a worker-centered trade policy that empowers unions and grows the middle class. Ambassador Tai also emphasized the need for trade more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The White House sent to the Senate on Sept. 9, 2024, the nominations of 10 individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * Ben Cardin, of Maryland, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-ninth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Lanhee J. Chen, of California, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years, vice Jeffrey R. Moreland, term expired. Elizabeth C. Coombe, of New York, t more PR