WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: NEW YORK - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal consent judgment permanently prohibiting two Astoria discount stores and their owners and manager from threatening workers and obstructing investigations by the department's Wage and Hour Division. Entered in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the court order requires ABC 31st St  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is inviting public input on a proposed early cleanup action for the Newtown Creek Superfund Site, located in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City. This action focuses on the East Branch of Newtown Creek, a critical step in the larger, ongoing effort to clean up the entire site. The public can comment on the plan for 30 days beginning A  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Christie M. Curtis, the Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"); and Jocelyn E. Strauber, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation ("DOI"), announced the unsealing of an Indict  more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Terell Gwyn, 30, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with distribution of methamphetamine, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey E. Intravatola, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, in June 20  more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Hector Anaya, 51, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey E. Int  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Ryan Scott Cochran, also known as "namedeclined," pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine through the United States mail. Today's proceeding was held before United States District Judge Ramon E. Reyes, Jr. As part of his guilty plea, Cochran agreed to forfeit more than $20  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RESHMA MASSARONE, a former New York bank manager, was sentenced yesterday to 114 months in prison for plotting to hire a hitman to murder her own brother-in-law. MASSARONE previously pled guilty to murder-for-hire before U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel, who  more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Bashir Kasozi, 41, of Ontario, Canada, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with importation of morphine and possession with intent to distribute a morphine, which carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney P. Richard Antoine, who is hand  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: The U.S. Department of State and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (ROK) co-hosted a U.S.- ROK Joint Symposium: Protecting the Virtual Asset Industry from DPRK Exploitation and Disrupting DPRK Revenue Generation in New York City on August 27, 2024. The symposium is part of our ongoing efforts to curb the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) attempts to earn reven  more

KINGS POINT, New York, Aug. 28 -- The Maritime Administration's U.S. Merchant Marine Academy issued the following news release: For the first time, midshipmen from the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) participated in The Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation (AJCF) American Service Academies Program (ASAP). This educational initiative in Poland was designed specifically for a select group of cadets and midshipmen from U.S. service academies. While cadets and midshipmen from the other   more