Saturday - April 19, 2025
Federal Tipoffs Involving New York Newsletter for Wednesday April 16, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Amtrak - NJ TRANSIT Joint Update Report
WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.) issued the following news on April 15, 2025: * * * Amtrak - NJ TRANSIT Joint Update Report In June 2024, Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT met with NJ Governor Phil Murphy and announced a series of actions to address a variety of infrastructure and fleet systems, following a spike of service disruptions in New Jersey and New York Penn Station during May and June. Following last June's public meeting with Governor Murphy, Amtrak and NJ TR  more

FAA Issues Grounding Order for New York Helicopter Charter Inc. and Begins Comprehensive Review of Company's Operations
WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on April 14, 2025: * * * FAA Issues Grounding Order for New York Helicopter Charter Inc. and Begins Comprehensive Review of Company's Operations The FAA has issued an emergency order grounding New York Helicopter Charter, Inc., which operated the Bell 206 helicopter that crashed Thursday in the Hudson River. The FAA is taking this action in part because after the com  more

SEC Obtains Final Judgments Against Two Ex-Hemp Company Executives for Fraudulent Offerings
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:21-cv-8211; filed Oct. 5, 2021, amended complaint filed Nov. 28, 2023) (S.D.N.Y.) involving CanaFarma Hemp Products Corp., Frank Barone, Kirill Chumenko and Igor Palatnik: * * * On April 10, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered final judgments against Frank Barone and Kirill Chumenko, both former Senior Vice Presidents of Sales & Marketing at Cana  more