NEW YORK, July 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on July 11, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - June 2024": * * * Area prices up 0.6 percent over the past month; up 4.2 percent over the year * * * Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.6 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: A Brooklyn man was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute 4 kilograms of fentanyl in Clifton, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Juan De La Cruz Infante Torres, 52, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty on June 14, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp to a   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Orleans County, N.Y. - FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Orleans County, New York. Community partners are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period.  The updated maps were produced in coordination with local, state and FEMA officials. Significant community review of the maps has already taken place, but bef  more