WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Binghamton, NY (Oct. 29, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected KLAW Industries LLC, based in Binghamton, New York, to receive about $400,000 to develop a rapidly deployable, autonomous robotic sorting system to improve recycling facilities in disadvantaged communities. This grant is part of the EPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) initiative to support innovative soluti  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: New York, NY Today, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) and the European American Chamber of Commerce New York (EACCNY) signed an agreement to strengthen transatlantic cooperation on infrastructure financing in low and middle-income countries across sectors such as digital infrastructure, climate and energy, health, transport, and education. In a cerem  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * MOU Strengthens Transatlantic Cooperation on Financing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in Variety of Sectors Including Climate, Transportation and Energy * * * New York, NY - Today, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) and the European American Chamber of Commerce New York (EACCNY) signed an agreement to strengthen transatlantic cooperation on infrastructure f  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-521) on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon New York Inc. (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communication  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Michael Kent was sentenced by United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly to nine years in prison for his role in recruiting sham patients, paying off complicit pharmacists and illegally distributing oxycodone in a Brooklyn-based narcotics conspiracy. Kent pleaded guilty to conspiring to dis  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Scott Newcombe, age 40, of Plattsburgh, New York, pled guilty today to health care fraud. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and Naomi Gruchacz, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MAYOVANEX RODRIGUEZ, a/k/a "Menorcito," was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for his criminal activities as a member of the violent Own Every Dollar ("OED") gang, including the 2022 murder of Anthony Savarese. RODRIGUEZ previously pled guilty to rackete  more

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: A resident of Brooklyn, New York, and a resident of Queens, New York, have pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of narcotics trafficking related to a six-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around Blair, Cambria, Centre, and Clearfield counties, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.  more