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State Tipoffs Involving New York Newsletter for 2025-09-16 ( 42 items )  
33 Innovators Join Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures Cohort (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- Morgan Stanley, a multinational financial services corporation, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * 33 Innovators Join Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures Cohort * Accelerator's expanded focus includes sustainable solutions and support for nonprofits * 2025 cohort comprised of 33 early-stage innovators from the Americas and EMEA * Five-month program to provide founders with $250,000 (pound sterling250,000), as well as mentorship and g more PR

American Express Launches All-in-One Travel App and Digital Tools to Simplify and Enhance the Premium Travel Journey (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- American Express issued the following news release: * * * American Express Launches All-in-One Travel App and Digital Tools to Simplify and Enhance the Premium Travel Journey Amex Travel App, Amex Passport and Estimated Wait Times within The Centurion Lounge Digital Waitlist Will Bring Card Members a More Seamless and Inspiring Travel Journey * American Express is making the travel experience easier, smarter, and more personalized with the launch of new digital tools d more PR

AmTrust Financial Services and Blackstone Credit & Insurance Enter Into Strategic Transaction for AmTrust's Global MGA and Fee Businesses (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- Blackstone, an investment firm, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * AmTrust Financial Services and Blackstone Credit & Insurance Enter Into Strategic Transaction for AmTrust's Global MGA and Fee Businesses Strategic Transaction Unlocks Value for AmTrust and Positions Global MGA and Fee Businesses for Accelerated Growth AmTrust President Adam Karkowsky to Leave to Become Chairman and CEO of New Multinational MGA Platform * AmTrust Financial Servi more PR

Bankrate: Average Retail Credit Card APR Remains Above 30%, Near a Record High (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- Bankrate, a provider of financial services, issued the following news release: * * * Average Retail Credit Card APR Remains Above 30%, Near a Record High Despite Fed rate cuts, about a quarter of the sample increased rates over the past year * Holiday shopping season is almost here, and many stores will be offering promotions and encouraging shoppers to open retail credit cards. Retail credit cards charge an average 30.14% APR this year, according to Bankrate's annual  more PR

Beloved nutrition programs for low-income NYS residents set to end (10)
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 15 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Beloved nutrition programs for low-income NYS residents set to end * Richard Kramarz, 77, of Bath, New York, hated chickpeas - the taste, the look, the consistency especially. So when educators for Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) made chickpea salad at a nutrition workshop and asked him to try it, he balked. "At first I said, my God, I do not want this, I will not eat it," said Kramarz, a resident of the  more PR

Binghamton University Named a 'Dream School' in Book by New York Times Bestselling Author (10)
BINGHAMTON, New York, Sept. 16 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Binghamton University named a 'dream school' in new book by New York Times bestselling author Binghamton University is the only SUNY institution listed among 75 colleges and universities in the book By David Hermanovitch A new book by New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Selingo lists Binghamton University among a select group of "dream schools." The recently released book Dream Schools examines w more PR

Binghamton University: For More Than 50 Years, the Institute for Child Development Has Helped Shape Autism Diagnosis, Treatment and Research (10)
BINGHAMTON, New York, Sept. 16 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Blazing the trail For more than 50 years, the Institute for Child Development has helped shape autism diagnosis, treatment and research By Jennifer Micale Every moment, no matter how small, holds the potential for learning. A playground is also a Social Learning Center, where fun games and physical exercise provide opportunities for childrenwith autism to build friendships with their peers. Classrooms, more PR

Blackstone Announces Agreement to Acquire Hill Top Energy Center in Western Pennsylvania for Nearly $1 Billion (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- Blackstone, an investment firm, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * Blackstone Announces Agreement to Acquire Hill Top Energy Center in Western Pennsylvania for Nearly $1 Billion Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced today that private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone Energy Transition Partners (collectively, "Blackstone Energy Transition Partners") have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hill Top Energy Center ("Hill Top"), a 620-mega more PR

Buffalo State University: Upward Bound Program Proves That Student Support Makes the Difference (10)
BUFFALO, New York, Sept. 15 -- Buffalo State University issued the following news release: * * * Upward Bound program proves that student support makes the difference On average, only 25 percent of high school students from first-generation, low-income families go to college. Change one important factor--a student's participation in the Upward Bound program--and that number jumps to 90 percent. The federally funded program, now in its 39th year at Buffalo State, was created under the Higher more PR

Citi Invests $1.5 Billion into London Headquarters, Builds on Citi's Long-Standing Commitment to UK (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 14 -- Citi, a banking partner for institutions with cross-border needs and wealth management and a personal bank, issued the following news release: * * * Citi Invests $1.5 Billion into London Headquarters, Builds on Citi's Long-Standing Commitment to UK * LONDON -- Citi is investing $1.5 billion into the redevelopment of its UK headquarters in London, underscoring its deep and long-standing commitment to the UK economy and London as a financial centre. As part of US Presid more PR

CNN Podcasts Announces New Season of "CNN Presents" (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 15 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news: * * * CNN Podcasts Announces New Season of "CNN Presents" * September 15th, 2025 Tortured Justice with Omar Jimenez Launches Wednesday, September 17 Trailer: Listen Here NEW YORK, NY - September 15, 2025 - CNN Podcasts announced today the latest installment of CNN Presents, the network's home for narrative-driven audio storytelling. Following the success of Persuadable with Donie O'Sullivan, the new seaso more PR

Columbia School of Public Health: Behind the Numbers - Shift in Psychiatric Beds - Large For-Profit Chains Expand as Public Hospitals Retreat (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (TNSjou) -- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Behind the Numbers: Shift in Psychiatric Beds - Large For-Profit Chains Expand as Public Hospitals Retreat Inpatient psychiatric care has dramatically shifted to large for-profit chains, according to new research from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers found that the total number of inpatient p more PR

Cornell: Holocaust testimony is AI litmus test, and it fails (10)
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 15 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Holocaust testimony is AI litmus test, and it fails * When Cornell historian Jan Burzlaff asked ChatGPT to summarize the testimony of Luisa D., a seven-year-old Holocaust survivor, the AI tool left out the detail that her mother cut her own finger to give her dying child drops of blood - "the faintest trace of moisture" - to stay alive. That omission, Burzlaff said, shows why human historians remain indispens more PR

Cornell: Moral appeals trump hate in tamping down online vitriol (10)
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 15 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Moral appeals trump hate in tamping down online vitriol * As the saying goes, "You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar." But in social media commentary, vinegar seems to be the tone of choice. In two recently published papers, Cornell researchers identified seven distinct strategies commenters employ when objecting to content online, noting that reputational attacks, or "vinegar," are most common wh more PR

Cornell: Wildlife conservation gets down to business (10)
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 15 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Wildlife conservation gets down to business * For both business and wildlife conservation, success can mean doing more with less. A novel decision model derived from business operations detects emerging wildlife disease months earlier, or with lower costs, than the current traditional strategies, according to a collaborative study published Sept. 15 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Re more PR

DEC Enters Third Year of River Creel Survey on the Saranac and Boquet Rivers (10)
ALBANY, New York, Sept. 15 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * DEC Enters Third Year of River Creel Survey on the Saranac and Boquet Rivers * The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the third year of the river creel survey of the Saranac and Boquet Rivers, tributaries to Lake Champlain. This survey is a central part of Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative's salmon  more PR

Drunk, Dishonest, Dangerous: Dave Min's Socialist Spiral (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Drunk, Dishonest, Dangerous: Dave Min's Socialist Spiral * Radical Democrat Dave Min is proudly locking arms with socialist Zohran Mamdani, the same radical driving New York City into chaos, and Bernie Sanders, whose far-left agenda would dismantle the American Dream. As a member of the far-left Congressional Progressive Caucus, Dave Min is marching in step with fringe ideologues who wa more PR

EY Luxury Client Index 2025: In-House Secondhand Sales and Rentals Could Revive Sluggish Luxury Market (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (TNSrep) -- Ernst and Young, an assurance, tax, transaction and advisory service, presented the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * EY Luxury Client Index 2025: In-house secondhand sales and rentals could revive sluggish luxury market * 71% of clients surveyed are primarily driven by a desire to own high-quality products * 62% of aspirational luxury clients have decided against purchasing an item citing price as the top deterrent * More than half (54%) of clie more PR

HBO And HBO Max Receive 30 Emmy Awards, Tied For The Most Wins Of Any Network Or Platform (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * HBO And HBO Max Receive 30 Emmy Awards, Tied For The Most Wins Of Any Network Or Platform * HBO and HBO Max received 30 Emmy (r) awards across 12 original programs for the 77th annual Emmy (r) Awards. HBO and HBO Max's 30 Emmy (r) wins this year include: * 9 wins for "The Penguin" including Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Crist more PR

HBO Original Documentary Short THE DEVIL IS BUSY Debuts September 23 (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * HBO Original Documentary Short THE DEVIL IS BUSY Debuts September 23 * * The HBO Original documentary short THE DEVIL IS BUSY, directed by Emmy (r) -winning filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir (HBO's "Eyes on the Prize," "Black and Missing") and Christalyn Hampton, and executive produced by award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien (HBO's "Black and Missing"), d more PR

IHeartMedia's My Cultura Podcast Network and Radio Ambulante Studios Team Up With Top Latino News Anchor to Launch New Multigenerational Podcast, 'The Moment With Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos' (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 16 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * iHeartMedia's My Cultura Podcast Network and Radio Ambulante Studios Team Up with Top Latino News Anchor to Launch New Multigenerational Podcast, "The Moment with Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos" Legendary father-daughter journalist duo joins forces to deliver authentic Latino perspectives on pop culture, society, politics and today's most pressing issues * NEW YORK - iHeartMedia, the No. 1 po more PR

Inaugural "Freedom Party" in Ithaca centers on community connection (10)
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 15 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Inaugural "Freedom Party" in Ithaca centers on community connection * Can a party change the world? The Freedom Party - an event taking inspiration from the foundations of the Harlem Renaissance -- will attempt just that as it celebrates freedom with the greater Ithaca community. The Freedom Party, highlighting collaboration, resource sharing and storytelling, will take place on Saturday, Sept. 27 from 1-4 p. more PR

It's a Historic Fall as UB Welcomes Record First-year Class (10)
BUFFALO, New York, Sept. 16 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * It's a historic fall as UB welcomes record first-year class Buoyed by a record of more than 45,000 applications, the University at Buffalo this fall has welcomed its largest first-year class in history. A total of 5,019 undergraduate students enrolled, marking an increase of nearly 21% over last year and surpassing the previous record by 822 students. This entering more PR

JPMorganChase Declares Preferred Stock Dividends (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- JPMorgan Chase and Co. issued the following news release: * * * JPMorganChase Declares Preferred Stock Dividends JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) ("JPMorganChase" or the "Firm") has declared dividends on the following series of the Firm's outstanding preferred stock, each of which is represented by depositary shares: Preferred Stock Series ... Distribution (per Preferred Share) ... Distribution (per Depositary Share) Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stoc more PR

Levin's Lefty Love Affair: Cozying Up to Socialists (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Levin's Lefty Love Affair: Cozying Up to Socialists * Radical Democrat Mike Levin is proudly locking arms with socialist Zohran Mamdani, the same radical driving New York City into chaos, and Bernie Sanders, whose far-left agenda would dismantle the American Dream. As a member of the far-left Congressional Progressive Caucus, Mike Levin is marching in step with fringe ideologues who wan more PR

McGraw Hill Releases AI-Powered ALEKS for Calculus (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- McGraw-Hill Education issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * McGraw Hill Releases AI-Powered ALEKS for Calculus New offering is the latest expansion of ALEKS digital learning solution which has been driving positive outcomes for learners for over 25 years * McGraw Hill (NYSE: MH), a leading global provider of education solutions for preK-12, higher education and professional learning, announced today the release of ALEKS for Calculus, a new AI-power more PR

McGraw-Hill Education: 5 Educators, 5 Countries, 5 Unique Perspectives on the Challenges of Teaching and Learning (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (TNSrep) -- McGraw-Hill Education issued the following commentary: * * * 5 educators, 5 countries, 5 unique perspectives on the challenges of teaching and learning We spoke with educators from across the globe about the challenges they face in the classroom, how they're supporting their students, and the changes they hope to see in the future. * Education is anything but one-size-fits-all. Learning varies widely from classroom to classroom, shaped by everything from teach more PR

MetLife Recommends Shareholders Reject "Mini-Tender" Offer by Potemkin Limited (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 [Category: BizInsurance] -- MetLife, a provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs, issued the following news release: * * * MetLife Recommends Shareholders Reject "Mini-Tender" Offer by Potemkin Limited * NEW YORK, September 15, 2025 -- MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that it has received notice of an unsolicited mini-tender offer by Potemkin Limited ("Potemkin") to purchase up to 10,000 shares of MetLife, Inc. common stock from MetLife shareh more PR

N.Y. Comptroller DiNapoli: Recently Enacted Federal Tax Provisions Disproportionately Benefit Those With Higher Incomes (10)
ALBANY, New York, Sept. 16 (TNSbrep) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * DiNapoli: Recently Enacted Federal Tax Provisions Disproportionately Benefit Those With Higher Incomes A new report by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli analyzed the federal tax provisions enacted under Public Law No: 119-21 at the beginning of July and how they may impact New Yorkers. While the bill made permanent many tax changes included in the more PR

Newmark Arranges Sale of 261-Unit Trophy Multifamily Asset in Central San Antonio (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- Newmark Group posted the following news release: * * * Newmark Arranges Sale of 261-Unit Trophy Multifamily Asset in Central San Antonio Newmark announces the Company has arranged the sale of River House, a 261-unit trophy multifamily asset located at 122 Roy Smith Street in central San Antonio, Texas. Newmark Multifamily Capital Markets Executive Managing Director Matt Michelson and Vice Chairman Patton Jones represented the seller, Hixon Properties, a San Antonio-base more PR

Niagara University Announces Fall 2025 Endowed Lecture Series (10)
NIAGARA FALLS, New York, Sept. 16 -- Niagara University issued the following news: * * * Niagara University Announces Fall 2025 Endowed Lecture Series The residential schools system, loving your enemies, theories about reality, finding your path, and religion and political polarization will be the topics of discussion during Niagara University's Fall 2025 Endowed Lecture Series. All presentations take place in the Castellani Art Museum on the Niagara University campus and are free and open to more PR

Optimum Honors Hispanic Heritage Month by Launching its Annual Student Essay Contest (10)
LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, Sept. 15 [Category: BizMedia] -- Altice USA (formerly the Cablevision Systems) posted the following news release: * * * Optimum Honors Hispanic Heritage Month by Launching its Annual Student Essay Contest * Optimum's long-running essay challenge invites students from across the country to reflect on and express their unique views about Hispanic heritage Optimum, the leading provider of fiber internet, mobile, and TV services, is proud to announce the start of it more PR

Pou's Progressive Power Grab (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Pou's Progressive Power Grab * Radical Democrat Nellie Pou is proudly locking arms with socialist Zohran Mamdani, the same radical driving New York City into chaos, and Bernie Sanders, whose far-left agenda would dismantle the American Dream. As a member of the far-left Congressional Progressive Caucus, Nellie Pou is marching in step with fringe ideologues who want higher taxes, weaker  more PR

Skanska Advanced Technology Expands to Address Data Center and Semiconductor Markets (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- Skanska, a construction and development company, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * Skanska Advanced Technology Expands to Address Data Center and Semiconductor Markets Redefines Delivery of Advanced Technology Construction Projects with New Centralized and Simplified Model * Skanska, a leading global development and construction firm, today announced a strategic realignment of its Skanska Advanced Technology (SAT) division, uniting its proven m more PR

Skanska Tops Out at the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Reedy Creek Laboratory in Raleigh (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- Skanska, a construction and development company, issued the following news release: * * * Skanska Tops Out at the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Reedy Creek Laboratory in Raleigh Durham, NC (September 15, 2025) - Skanska, a leading global development and construction firm, today celebrated the topping out of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's (NC DEQ) Reedy Creek Laboratory project in Raleigh, N.C. The milestone marks the signi more PR

Soto Sells Out: Florida Families Get Left Behind in Socialist Agenda (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Soto Sells Out: Florida Families Get Left Behind in Socialist Agenda * Radical Democrat Darren Soto is proudly locking arms with socialist Zohran Mamdani, the same radical driving New York City into chaos, and Bernie Sanders, whose far-left agenda would dismantle the American Dream. As a member of the far-left Congressional Progressive Caucus, Darren Soto is marching in step with fringe more PR

Syracuse University: Institutional Research Team Joins Office of Institutional Effectiveness (10)
SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 15 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Institutional Research Team Joins Office of Institutional Effectiveness * As part of a broad strategy to strengthen data-informed decision-making and institutional performance across campus, the University's institutional research team has been formally integrated into the Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE), effective June 1. The newly consolidated office continues to fall under the purview of the O more PR

UB Psychiatry Resident is One of a Dozen in the U.S. to Be Named National Institute of Mental Health Outstanding Resident of the Year (10)
BUFFALO, New York, Sept. 16 (TNSjou) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * UB psychiatry resident is one of a dozen in the U.S. to be named National Institute of Mental Health Outstanding Resident of the Year By Ellen Goldbaum Gary Iacobucci wasn't one of those people who always knew they'd go to medical school. As an undergraduate at the University at Buffalo, his main interest was research. But as he headed into a biochemistry  more PR

UB Researcher Leads the Effort for Historic Marker Honoring Mary Burnett Talbert (10)
BUFFALO, New York, Sept. 16 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * UB researcher leads the effort for historic marker honoring Mary Burnett Talbert The William G. Pomeroy Foundation will honor the life and achievements of Mary Burnett Talbert on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 2:30 p.m. during a ceremony to place a historic marker on the site of her former home at 116-118 Northland Ave. in Buffalo, where the educator, activist and human ri more PR

Ultrafast infrared light pulses cause thin film to 'breathe' (10)
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 15 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Ultrafast infrared light pulses cause thin film to 'breathe' * Cornell Engineering researchers have demonstrated that, by zapping a synthetic thin film with ultrafast pulses of low-frequency infrared light, they can cause its lattice to atomically expand and contract billions of times per second - strain-driven "breathing" that could potentially be harnessed to quickly switch a material's electronic, magnetic o more PR

University at Buffalo: Western New York Becomes Living Laboratory for Students Studying Climate Hazards (10)
BUFFALO, New York, Sept. 16 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * Western New York becomes living laboratory for students studying climate hazards NSF-backed summer research program brings undergraduates to UB to study challenges posed by climate change * Scouring maps of Lake Erie's ice cover to explain heavy snowfalls. Sifting sediment from a Southern Tier pond for clues about ancient climates. Trekking to Sturgeon Point to st more PR

Virtual Nurses Now Integral to Upstate University Hospital Admissions and Discharges (10)
SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 16 -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: * * * Virtual nurses now integral to Upstate University Hospital admissions and discharges By Jean Albanese Patients admitted to or discharged from Upstate University Hospital may now experience that process virtually to improve the patient experience and reduce the workload of bedside nurses. Virtual nursing got a kick start during the Covid-19 pandemic, when nurses more PR