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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New York Newsletter for 2025-05-31 ( 59 items )  
47 Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Recognized in IAM Patent 1000 2025 Edition (10)
MIAMI, Florida, May 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * 47 Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Recognized in IAM Patent 1000 2025 Edition NEW YORK - May 30, 2025 - 47 attorneys from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP were recognized in the 2025 edition of Intellectual Asset Management's (IAM) Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Professionals. The firm was also recognized nationally in the United States and in nine regions for more PR

ADL and AEN Urge the American Psychological Association to Address Antisemitism (10)
NEW YORK, May 30 [Category: Political] -- The Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate organization that aims to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all, posted the following news release: * * * ADL and AEN Urge the American Psychological Association to Address Antisemitism New York, NY, May 30, 2025... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the Academic Engagement Network (AEN) are deeply alarmed by reports of the rising tide of antisemitism within more PR

ADL and JLens Condemn Ben & Jerry's Slanderous Attack Against Israel (10)
NEW YORK, May 30 [Category: Political] -- The Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate organization that aims to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all, posted the following news release: * * * ADL and JLens Condemn Ben & Jerry's Slanderous Attack Against Israel New York, NY, May 30, 2025... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and JLens, a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and Jewish values-based investor network, today condemned a recent statemen more PR

AI-Driven Model Supports Safer and More Precise Blood Sugar Management After Heart Surgery (10)
NEW YORK, May 31 -- Mount Sinai Health System issued the following news release: * * * AI-Driven Model Supports Safer and More Precise Blood Sugar Management After Heart Surgery New research shows machine learning can assist doctors in navigating complex insulin dosing in the ICU Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a machine learning tool that can help doctors manage blood sugar levels in patients recovering from heart surgery, a critical but often diffi more PR

America's Involvement in Vietnam is Commemorated at Columbia (10)
NEW YORK, May 30 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * America's Involvement in Vietnam is Commemorated at Columbia The 50-30 symposium, presented by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, focuses on war and peace. By Jeff Tompkins Fifty years ago, the United States lost a war to a country that few Americans could find on a map; in the intervening decades, however, more has been written on the Vietnam War than most of America's other conflicts. Why? On the semi-centennial  more PR

AT&T to Release Second-Quarter 2025 Earnings on July 23 (10)
DALLAS, Texas, May 31 -- AT&T issued the following news release on May 30, 2025: * * * AT&T to Release Second-Quarter 2025 Earnings on July 23 We will release second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, and webcast a conference call to discuss results. Key Takeaways: * AT&T will release its second-quarter 2025 results on July 23 * AT&T will webcast a conference call to discuss results * AT&T (NYSE:T) will release its second-quarter 2025 results before the New York Stock Exchange more PR

Binghamton University: Doctoral Program Uses an Interdisciplinary Approach to Address Complex Social Issues (10)
BINGHAMTON, New York, May 30 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Doctoral program uses an interdisciplinary approach to address complex social issues Community Research and Action identifies shared goals and solutions through a multidisciplinary strategy. By Ethan Knox Peacebuilding and atrocity prevention. Liberation-centered community mental health. Global climate activism. Migration to rural centers. Although these concepts may seem unrelated, CCPA students are wor more PR

Binghamton University: School of Pharmacy Professor Honored With Excellence in Innovation Award (10)
BINGHAMTON, New York, May 30 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * School of Pharmacy professor honored with Excellence in Innovation Award Clinical Associate Professor Sarah Lynch was nominated by her peers because of her dedication to advancing patient care and the pharmacy profession By Scott Sasina The National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) has awarded Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice Sarah Lynch with the prestigious Excellence in I more PR

CAIR-NY, Condemn Racially Targeted Search and Seizure of Palestinian Symbols and Assault at CUNY Commencement Ceremonies (10)
WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-NY, Condemn Racially Targeted Search and Seizure of Palestinian Symbols and Assault at CUNY Commencement Ceremonies The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), today condemned the reported actions of CUNY Brooklyn College, CUNY John Jay College and Barclays Center security for the discriminatory targeting, search, and seizure o more PR

Carlyle and SK Capital Partners Announce Expiration of bluebird bio Tender Offer (10)
WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Carlyle Group posted the following news release: * * * Carlyle and SK Capital Partners Announce Expiration of bluebird bio Tender Offer All conditions of the Offer have been satisfied and the parties expect to consummate the acquisition on June 2, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC and NEW YORK, NY--May 30, 2025--Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) ("Carlyle"), SK Capital Partners, LP ("SK Capital") and Beacon Parent Holdings, L.P. ("Parent") today announced that t more PR

Chairman Lawler Concludes Bipartisan Middle East CODEL on Enhancing Regional Partnerships (10)
WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Lawler Concludes Bipartisan Middle East CODEL on Enhancing Regional Partnerships Washington, D.C. - 5/30/25... This week, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, concluded a bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Jordan, where he and fellow House Foreign Affairs Committee members more PR

CLARKE ISSUES STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT'S DISTURBING RULING TO REVOKE LEGAL STATUS OF MORE THAN 500,000 MIGRANTS (10)
WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CLARKE ISSUES STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT'S DISTURBING RULING TO REVOKE LEGAL STATUS OF MORE THAN 500,000 MIGRANTS May 30, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: e: jessica.myers@mail.house.gov c: 202.913.0126 WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) released the following statement: "I am truly outraged by the Supreme Court's morally bankrupt and legally absurd decision to rubber stamp the Tru more PR

Coalition Acts to Protect Pregnant Patients' Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion (10)
NEW YORK, May 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Coalition Acts to Protect Pregnant Patients' Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion WASHINGTON -- Today, Doctors for America -- represented by Democracy Forward, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and t more PR

Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: Playing With Fire - Harnessing Lava To Build Sustainable Cities (10)
NEW YORK, May 31 -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * Playing With Fire: Harnessing Lava To Build Sustainable Cities A futuristic new project imagines the possibility of molding lava into building material, thereby reducing the carbon emissions associated with construction. By Einat Lev and the VICTOR Team When it comes to carbon emissions, there's no bigger foe than the building and construction sectors, which contribute at least a thir more PR

DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against NY School District as Male Student Switches Gender Identity Throughout the Day and Uses Girls' Locker Room, Bathrooms (10)
WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies issued the following news release: * * * DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against NY School District as Male Student Switches Gender Identity Throughout the Day and Uses Girls' Locker Room, Bathrooms The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against South Colonie Central School District in New Yor more PR

DOE Brookhaven National Laboratory: Scientists Find a New Way to Help Plants Fight Diseases (10)
UPTON, New York, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Scientists Find a New Way to Help Plants Fight Diseases A breakthrough by a collaboration between Rutgers and Brookhaven National Laboratory could improve crop resilience In a discovery three decades in the making, scientists at Rutgers and Brookhaven National Laboratory have acquired detailed knowledge about the internal structures and mode of regulation for a spe more PR

Empire Center Digs Through Albany's Pork Barrel (10)
ALBANY, New York, May 31 -- Empire Center, a non-profit think tank, issued the following news release: * * * Empire Center Digs Through Albany's Pork Barrel Albany steered over $226 million in grant awards to 581 local projects between June 2024 and April 2025 through the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), according to data the Empire Center recently received under a Freedom of Information Law request. The governor and state legislators hand-picked the grantees for more th more PR

EV Charging Gets Flexible: Mercury Consortium Releases New EV Charger Guidelines (10)
PALO ALTO, California, May 30 -- The Electric Power Research Institute issued the following news release: * * * EV Charging Gets Flexible: Mercury Consortium Releases New EV Charger Guidelines New York, NY. (May 29, 2025) - Today, the Mercury Consortium announced its preliminary technical requirements for electric vehicle (EV) chargers, the first of multiple consumer energy technologies the consortium will review. Mercury is sharing the draft EV charger requirement specification to collect br more PR

Federal Court Rules in Favor of U.S. Citizen Illegally Detained for Deportation by Florida Sheriff (10)
NEW YORK, May 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Federal Court Rules in Favor of U.S. Citizen Illegally Detained for Deportation by Florida Sheriff MIAMI, Fla. -- A federal court today granted a motion for partial summary judgment in Brown v. Ramsay, a federal lawsuit challenging the ill more PR

FOLLOWING HIS PUSH, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FAA APPROVES SUNY SCHENECTADY AVIATION SCHOOL FOR PRESTIGIOUS FEDERAL AIR TRAFFIC-COLLEGIATE TRAINING INITIATIVE (10)
WASHINGTON, May 30 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * FOLLOWING HIS PUSH, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FAA APPROVES SUNY SCHENECTADY AVIATION SCHOOL FOR PRESTIGIOUS FEDERAL AIR TRAFFIC-COLLEGIATE TRAINING INITIATIVE Earlier This Spring, Schumer Called On FAA To Invest In Fed Training For SUNY Schenectady's Program, Amid Nationwide Air Traffic Controller Shortage, To Support Aspiring Air Traffic Controllers And Keep Our Skies Safe N more PR

Fraud Without Economic Loss--Supreme Court Expands Scope of Federal Fraud Statutes (10)
NEW YORK, May 29 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Fraud Without Economic Loss--Supreme Court Expands Scope of Federal Fraud Statutes White Collar partners Joel Cohen and Brent Wible, counsel Marietou Diouf and associate Elisha Mvundura published a byline in The National Law Journal examining the US Supreme Court's decision in Kousisis v. United States, which determined that "a defendant commits fraud when he uses a material misst more PR

Hispanic Federation Denounces Cruel Decision by SCOTUS Ending Legal Protections for Immigrants, Urges Congress To Fix Our Broken Immigration System (10)
NEW YORK, May 31 -- The Hispanic Federation, an organization that supports and strengthens Latino institutions through education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment and the environment, issued the following news release on May 30, 2025: * * * Hispanic Federation Denounces Cruel Decision by SCOTUS Ending Legal Protections for Immigrants, Urges Congress To Fix Our Broken Immigration System Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the President's executive more PR

House Foreign Affairs Ranking Members Meeks and Shaheen Issue Statement on the State Department Reorganization (10)
WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Foreign Affairs Ranking Members Meeks and Shaheen Issue Statement on the State Department Reorganization Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the State Department re more PR

Issue Brief: What Drives Homicide Trends? (10)
NEW YORK, May 30 (TNSBrep) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following news release: * * * New Issue Brief: What Drives Homicide Trends? Homicide spikes tend to be most severe in the places and among the demographic groups that already have high homicide rates * Nationwide, homicide surged in 2020 and 2021, before slowly decreasing over 2022 and 2023. What was behind that spike in murders? Some have faulted racial tensions, policing, and Covid disruptions. In a new issue brief, Manhatt more PR

Josh Riley enables sanctuary states (10)
WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Josh Riley enables sanctuary states A new report reveals that New York State is obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). For years, ICE has warned that sanctuary jurisdictions create a " public safety threat." Yet, out of touch Democrat Josh Riley continues to put criminal illegal immigrants over hardworking New Yorkers. Riley's failure to support border security has put  more PR

Justice for Africans 'Long Overdue', Secretary-General Tells Africa Dialogue Series, Urging Comprehensive Approach, Partnerships to Redress Colonialism (10)
NEW YORK, May 30 -- The United Nations posted the following news release: * * * Justice for Africans 'Long Overdue', Secretary-General Tells Africa Dialogue Series, Urging Comprehensive Approach, Partnerships to Redress Colonialism Following are UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' remarks to the Africa Dialogue Series High-level Policy Dialogue, in New York today: This year's dialogue focuses on "Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations". This is also the Af more PR

Lawmakers, Advocates Rally in Manhattan to Demand Action on Soaring Utility Bills (10)
WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Lawmakers, Advocates Rally in Manhattan to Demand Action on Soaring Utility Bills New Yorkers push Assembly leadership to pass NY HEAT Act before end of session New York -- On Friday afternoon, dozens of New Yorkers rallied on the Upper West Side alongside Senator Jessica Ramos, Senator Brad Hoylman and Assemblymembers Micah Lasher, Tony Simone and Linda Rosenthal to demand passage of more PR

LDF and Bazelon Center Release Toolkits to Support Advocates ... (10)
NEW YORK, May 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF and Bazelon Center Release Toolkits to Support Advocates... Today, in recognition of Mental Health Awareness month, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law released two toolkits designed to aid advocates and legislators in advancing strategies to prevent police violence and achieve lasting change for Black people with disabilities: " End Pol more PR

Malliotakis Celebrates SALT Relief in House Tax Package (10)
WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Malliotakis Celebrates SALT Relief in House Tax Package (BROOKLYN, NY) \- Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis was joined by Councilmember David Carr, Joseph Loccisano, President of the Dyker Heights Civic Association; Ilene Sacco, President of the 68th Precinct Community Council; members of the Dyker Heights Civic Association; local community board members; and residents to celebrate the House's p more PR

Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Civitas Institute: Academic 'Resistance' Decries Government Interference (10)
NEW YORK, May 30 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 29, 2025, to the Civitas Institute: * * * The Academic "Resistance" Decries Government Interference By Tal Fortgang The academy should now recover its institutional autonomy, we are told. The academic "resistance" has found its rallying cry. "No government -- regardless of which party is in power -- should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas more PR

Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to FoxNews.com: Yes, Take Down Harvard But Team Trump Must Do It the Right Way (10)
NEW YORK, May 30 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 29, 2025, to FoxNews.com: * * * Yes, Take Down Harvard but Team Trump Must Do It the Right Way By Ilya Shapiro I'm sympathetic to the Trump administration's goals in the battle with Harvard. But the administration's heavy-handed tactics threaten its reformist intentions Elite universities deserve all the opprobrium they've been getting. They've discriminated on the basis of race in admissions an more PR

Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to New York Post: Democrats' Criminal-Justice Lies Are as Awful as the Biden Coverup (10)
NEW YORK, May 29 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 27, 2025, to the New York Post: * * * Democrats' Criminal-Justice Lies Are as Awful as the Biden Coverup By Hannah E. Meyers Last week, former President Joe Biden disclosed his inexplicably "undetected" aggressive cancer as bombshell revelations detailed how the White House covered up his crumbling health -- enabled by a media establishment that hid the uncomfortable truth. Americans are outrage more PR

Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to New York Post: US Military's Greatest Challenge Is Here at Home - How to Solve the Recruitment Crisis (10)
NEW YORK, May 28 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 26, 2025, to the New York Post: * * * US Military's Greatest Challenge Is Here at Home: How to Solve the Recruitment Crisis By John Ketcham In 1775, a group of plucky English colonists formed an army and a navy to uphold the rights they believed were due to them as Englishmen -- and in the 250 years since, these institutions have formed the sturdiest pillars of the world's greatest nation. From  more PR

Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to The Atlantic: American Problem (10)
NEW YORK, May 28 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 26, 2025, to The Atlantic: * * * An American Problem By Reihan Salam and Jesse Arm We cannot afford to excuse, indulge, or minimize political violence. On Wednesday night, a young couple left an American Jewish Committee event in Washington, D.C. Moments later, they were gunned down. As police arrested the suspect, he shouted, "Free Palestine." The victims--Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim--w more PR

Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to The Dispatch: Don't Bail Out the Farmers (10)
NEW YORK, May 28 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 27, 2025, to The Dispatch: * * * Don't Bail Out the Farmers By Jessica Riedl Elections have consequences. We are all seeing how tariffs damage economies by raising prices, distorting markets, and encouraging foreign retaliation against our export industries. What we see less of is the swamp-infested cronyism that tariffs encourage: When tariffs are enacted, as with the 2018 steel and aluminum ta more PR

Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Wall Street Journal: Does the President Want to Fix Harvard or Destroy It? (10)
NEW YORK, May 29 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 27, 2025, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * Does the President Want to Fix Harvard or Destroy It? By Jason L. Riley His actions against foreign students and research grants have little to do with students' civil rights. Donald Trump has made the Harvard man his whipping boy, and academia certainly had it coming. Still, what is the president's objective? The administration announced Tuesday that more PR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Announces Updated Design for Kenneth C. Griffin Pavilion at MSK (10)
NEW YORK, May 31 -- The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * Memorial Sloan Kettering Announces Updated Design for Kenneth C. Griffin Pavilion at MSK Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced an updated design for MSK's forthcoming Kenneth C. Griffin Pavilion at MSK, which includes a reduction in the originally proposed height of the building by 76 feet. The newly-designed Griffin Pavilion, slated for construction on MSK's main cam more PR

Mount Sinai's Cancer Science in the Spotlight at 2025 ASCO (10)
NEW YORK, May 31 -- Mount Sinai Health System issued the following news release: * * * Mount Sinai's Cancer Science in the Spotlight at 2025 ASCO The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is proud to announce its robust presence at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, taking place this week in Chicago. With more than 15 presentations, including oral abstracts, poster sessions, and collaborative studies across multiple discipline more PR

New York School Joins Enhanced Air Traffic Controller Training Program (10)
WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release: * * * New York School Joins Enhanced Air Traffic Controller Training Program WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has signed an agreement with SUNY Schenectady County Community College in New York to become the next school for the Enhanced Air Traffic - Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI). The FAA has authorized seven programs at six schools more PR

Newhouse Creative Advertising Students Win Big at Sports and Entertainment Clios (10)
SYRACUSE, New York, May 30 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Newhouse Creative Advertising Students Win Big at Sports and Entertainment Clios For the first time ever, Newhouse creative advertising students entered the Sports Clios and Entertainment Clios competitions and won big. Clios are regarded as some of the hardest awards for creative advertising students to win. At the New York City Clio Sports Award Show in December 2024, the student team comprised of art direc more PR

Niagara University: Dr. Shawn Daly Is Featured Presenter at International Conference on AI (10)
NIAGARA FALLS, New York, May 30 -- Niagara University issued the following news: * * * Dr. Shawn Daly Is Featured Presenter at International Conference on AI By Lisa McMahon Dr. Shawn Daly, professor of marketing, was the "guest of honor" at the Higher Education 4.0 International Conference at De Paul College in Mysore, India, May 15-16, 2025. "Revolutionizing the Pathway to Career through Digitalization" brought together academicians, researchers, policymakers, industry experts, and educat more PR

Norton honored with top alumni award from Harvard (10)
ITHACA, New York, May 30 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Norton honored with top alumni award from Harvard Mary Beth Norton, the Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History Emerita, was honored May 28 by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAA) with its highest alumni award. The Centennial Medal recognizes alumni of GSAA who have made fundamental and lasting contributions to knowledge, their disciplines, their colleagues and socie more PR

Possession Comes to Life as Universal Horror Unleashed in Las Vegas Reveals More Details About "Blumhouse's The Exorcist: Believer" Haunted House (10)
NEW YORK, May 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, posted the following news: * * * Possession Comes to Life as Universal Horror Unleashed in Las Vegas Reveals More Details About "Blumhouse's The Exorcist: Believer" Haunted House May 29, 2025 Blumhouse's The Exorcist: Believer at Universal Horror Unleashed Three hair-raising new additions are set to deepen the terror at Universal Horror Unleashed in Las Vegas, opening August 14: "Blumhouse's The Exorcist: Beli more PR

Regional Experts Call for Rights-Centered International Fiscal Reform (10)
NEW YORK, May 31 -- The Center for Economic and Social Rights issued the following news on May 29, 2025: * * * Regional experts call for rights-centered international fiscal reform As UN negotiations on a global tax convention prepare to resume in August, a high-level dialogue in Santiago made the case for embedding human rights at the heart of fiscal reform in Latin America, the Caribbean and the world. Government representatives, legal experts and civil society advocates gathered in Santia more PR

Rep. Dan Goldman's Statement After Witnessing and Confronting Masked ICE Agents Detaining Immigrants in the Lobby of His 290 Broadway Manhattan District Office (10)
WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Dan Goldman's Statement After Witnessing and Confronting Masked ICE Agents Detaining Immigrants in the Lobby of His 290 Broadway Manhattan District Office Video and Photos of the Confrontation Here (link is external) "For the past several days in New York's 10th Congressional District in Lower Manhattan, masked, plain-clothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been stati more PR

Rep. Kennedy: Remembering Life of Honorable Judge NeMoyer (10)
WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-New York, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on May 29, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of the Honorable Judge Patrick NeMoyer, a beloved husband, father, son, brother, and jurist whose legacy of love, compassion, and devotion to his family and the Western New York community inspired all who knew him. Born on September 15, 1952, in Buffalo, New York, to Edgar H more PR

S.T.O.P. Condemns Texas' Nationwide License Plate, Abortion Tracking (10)
NEW YORK, May 31 (TNSrep) -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release: * * * S.T.O.P. Condemns Texas' Nationwide License Plate, Abortion Tracking Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a privacy and civil rights group, condemns Texas police's abuse of license plate readers to track an abortion patient. First reported by 404 Media, a Forth Worth-area officer searched 83,000 automated license plate readers using software from Fl more PR

Second Suspect Wanted in Brutal Attack of NYPD Officer Captured by U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force (10)
WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Marshals Service issued the following news release: * * * Second Suspect Wanted in Brutal Attack of NYPD Officer Captured by U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force New York, NY - The U.S. Marshals (USMS) New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force (NY/NJ RFTF), assisted by the USMS Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF), on Wednesday apprehended the second suspect wanted in the violent attack of an off-duty NYPD o more PR

Secretary McMahon Visits Massapequa High School, Announces Finding in School Mascot Probe (10)
WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Secretary McMahon Visits Massapequa High School, Announces Finding in School Mascot Probe MASSAPEQUA, NEW YORK - Today, U.S. Secretary of Education visited Massapequa High School, home of the Massapequa Chiefs, to announce that the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has concluded its investigation into the New York Department of Education and the New York State Board of Re more PR

Steptoe Submits Amicus Brief to the New York State Court of Appeals on Behalf of the Innocence Project (10)
WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Steptoe, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Steptoe Submits Amicus Brief to the New York State Court of Appeals on Behalf of the Innocence Project (New York) - Steptoe LLP submitted an amicus brief on behalf of the Innocence Project, Inc. and the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law to the Court of Appeals of the State of New York urging reversal of People v. Wright. Mr. Wright was convicted of assault in connection with a shooting that occ more PR

Study Featured at ASCO 2025 Highlights Potential New Treatment for Aggressive Form of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (10)
BUFFALO, New York, May 30 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center posted the following news release: * * * Study Featured at ASCO 2025 Highlights Potential New Treatment for Aggressive Form of Acute Myeloid Leukemia BUFFALO, N.Y. and CHICAGO -- An international clinical trial co-led by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has demonstrated that the investigational drug ziftomenib can produce deep, durable responses in people with a specific biological subtyp more PR

Supreme Court Ruling Puts Lives of Hundreds of Thousands in Limbo, Says LatinoJustice (10)
NEW YORK, May 31 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release on May 30, 2025: * * * Supreme Court Ruling Puts Lives of Hundreds of Thousands in Limbo, says LatinoJustice The U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling today that allows the Department of Homeland Security to revoke humanitarian parole permission for noncitizens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to temporarily stay in the U.S. The justices lifted a lower-court order that kept humanitarian parole prote more PR

THE ALTO KNIGHTS Begins Streaming Exclusively On Max June 6 (10)
NEW YORK, May 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * THE ALTO KNIGHTS Begins Streaming Exclusively On Max June 6 Warner Bros. Pictures' THE ALTO KNIGHTS will make its global streaming debut exclusively on Max on FRIDAY, JUNE 6. The film will debut on HBO linear on SATURDAY, JUNE 7 at 8:00 p.m. ET. THE ALTO KNIGHTS stars Academy Award(r) winner Robert De Niro in a dual role, directed by Academy Award(r)-w more PR

Tonko Blasts Trump Administration for Axing Job Corps Program (10)
WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Tonko Blasts Trump Administration for Axing Job Corps Program ALBANY, NY -- Congressman Paul D. Tonko released the following statement lambasting the Trump administration for forcing a nationwide pause in operations of the Job Corps. The decision, announced by the Department of Labor yesterday, will impact more than 25,000 students nationwide, including hundreds of Capital Region residents at the lo more PR

Under Distress, Oceans 'Need Our Help', Secretary-General Says in Observance Message, Urging Massive Investment in Science, Conservation, Sustainable Economy (10)
NEW YORK, May 30 -- The United Nations posted the following news release: * * * Under Distress, Oceans 'Need Our Help', Secretary-General Says in Observance Message, Urging Massive Investment in Science, Conservation, Sustainable Economy Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' video message for World Oceans Day, observed on 8 June: The ocean covers most of our planet -- and sustains all of it. Our ocean has not only shaped cultures, stirred imaginations and inspired  more PR

University of Colorado: Architecture Assistant Professor Alex Yueyan Li's Firm Wins The League Prize for Young Architects + Designers (10)
DENVER, Colorado, May 31 -- The University of Colorado issued the following news: * * * Architecture Assistant Professor Alex Yueyan Li's Firm Wins The League Prize for Young Architects + Designers In higher education, the architecture discipline blends professional practice, experiential learning, and textbook and classroom instruction. This approach creates an environment where students gain practical, firsthand knowledge they carry into their careers. To support this, faculty include profe more PR

Video, Photos, and Rush Transcript: Rep. Dan Goldman Calls Emergency Press Conference After Observing and Confronting Masked ICE Agents Detaining Immigrants Coming in for Routine Court Appearances (10)
WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Video, Photos, and Rush Transcript: Rep. Dan Goldman Calls Emergency Press Conference After Observing and Confronting Masked ICE Agents Detaining Immigrants Coming in for Routine Court Appearances See Video and Photos of the Press Conference HERE (link is external) See Video of Goldman Confronting ICE Officers HERE (link is external) Congressman Goldman: "This is Gestapo-like behavior where pla more PR

Weil Defeats Nationwide Class Action Brought Against Chobani (10)
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