ALBANY, New York, July 26 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * S.9699A/A.10457 Permits the Access to Home and Access to Home for Heroes Programs to Cover Cost of Important Home Repairs for Accessibility Modifications S.8903/A.9948 Expands Accessibility to Partial Real Property Tax Exemptions for People with Disabilities S.1900A/A.2487A Makes it Easier for Individuals with Disabilities to Apply for Renewed Parking Permits * * * Ahead of more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 27 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced an $86 million multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Indivior for its role in driving the spread of deadly opioid addictions across New York and the country. Indivior produced buprenorphine-based products to treat opioid use disorder, which can feed opioid addictions when abused and cause more PR

ITHACA, New York, July 26 -- Cornell University issued the following news: A simple blood test that measures the number of lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell in the body, may predict whether people who have relapsed multiple myeloma are going to respond well to CAR-T immunotherapy, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The paper, published online May 22 in Blood Advances, found that pat more PR

BUFFALO, New York, July 27 -- Buffalo State University issued the following news release: While Buffalo has long been a prime location for feature films, the past few years have seen a significant rise in Western New York's involvement in the film industry. Not only does the region offer a variety of attractive scenery and historic architecture, but New York's latest tax incentive for filmmakers makes the state a financially appealing place to shoot. In mid-May, Great Point Studios cut the ribb more PR

LAKE SUCCESS, New York, July 27 -- Canon USA issued the following news release: MELVILLE, N.Y., July 26, 2024 -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is excited to announce its continued support of the New York Marine Rescue Center (NYMRC) regarding efforts to release rehabilitated sea turtles back into the ocean to be tracked and reintroduced to their natural habitat. The annual initiative, which took place at Robert Moses State Park on July 23, was the culmination of an more PR

GENESEO, New York, July 27 -- The State University of New York's Geneseo Campus issued the following news: SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. spoke at the International Baccalaureate (IB) Global Conference in Washington, DC, on July 25, about SUNY's commitment to preparing students for the future. His remarks highlighted SUNY Geneseo as a "liberal arts college providing the kind of experience that so many elite private colleges in New England provide at literally 10 times the cost." Adding that t more PR

NEW YORK, July 26 -- Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, a law firm, issued the following news: International law firm Curtis Mallet Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP assisted Autodoc SE in the opening of its Italian subsidiary. Autodoc SE is one of the leading online retailers of vehicle parts and accessories in Europe. Over the past five years, Autodoc has shown an average annual net sales increase of around 26 per cent. In 2023, the turnover amounted to 1.3 billion euros and adjusted EBITDA to  more PR

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, July 27 -- Niagara University issued the following news: By Lisa McMahon For the past couple of years, Dr. Shawn Daly, director of student global experience and professor of marketing and international business at Niagara University, has traveled to Africa to assist farmers and entrepreneurs expand and manage their businesses as a volunteer with Farmer to Farmer, a USAID-funded program that provides technical assistance to farmers, farm groups, agribusinesses, and othe more PR

FREDONIA, New York, July 27 -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news: Two SUNY Fredonia education majors broadened their experience by guiding a contingent of students that included 21 from foreign countries during the recent NASA/GLOBE annual meeting. Alyssa Wright, a 2024 graduate with a B.S. in Adolescence Education: Biology, from Attica, NY, and Gregory Holmberg, a senior Adolescence Education: Earth Science major, with a minor in Geology, from Falconer more PR

BRONX, New York, July 27 -- Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine issued the following news release: On July 17, Albert Einstein College of Medicine hosted New York State Department of Health Commissioner James McDonald, M.D., as he announced $4.89 million in funding for New York's Diversity in Medicine program. The funding supports 18 pathway programs across the state that aim to increase physician workforce diversity and eliminate health disparities. Three Einstein and Einst more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 27 -- Fox Rothschild, a law firm, issued the following news release: C.J. Fisher, Co-Chair of Fox Rothschild's Gaming Department, represented NYRA Bets in its deal to become the Managing Vendor of New Jersey's online and mobile pari-mutuel account wagering system for horse racing. The transformative agreement will, for the first time, allow New Jersey residents access to multiple account wagering platforms for placing bets. NYRA Bets, the official advance depo more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, July 27 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Featured speaker, researcher Collins Airhihenbuwa, will discuss career opportunities outside the classroom * * * By Jennifer Micale With more than 70 declared majors after its first year, Binghamton University's new Global Public Health (GPH) program is off to a strong start. The new major will hold an official kickoff at 6 p.m. Aug. 22 in Old Union Hall, open to any students interested in the major. T more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 26 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * Part of Governor's $10 Billion Multi-Year Investment in Health Care, Largest in State History Funding Aims To Prepare, Mentor and Train a Steady Pipeline of High-Quality Health Care Professionals Twenty-Eight Health Care Facilities Statewide Will Receive Funds to Assist in Training * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that 28 health care facilities statewide will rec more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 26 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * $135 Million Development Located Downtown Adjacent to Public Transportation Highgarden Tower Includes More Than 75 Supportive Units * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of Highgarden Tower, a new 219-unit affordable apartment building in the city of New Rochelle. The $135 million development is conveniently located in a walkable downtown neighborhood an more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 26 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Draft Code Language Includes Changes to Improve Coordination and Emergency Preparedness Will Advance Safe and Reliable Growth of Battery Storage Capacity, a Critical Component to the Clean Energy Transition Working Group Was Created To Enhance Safety Standards for Battery Energy Storage Systems * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced updates to the New York Fire Code that contains draft more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 26 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * Inflation Reduction Act-Funded Projects Plant Trees and Increase Community Forest Resiliency in Disadvantaged Communities Planting Projects Will Contribute to Governor's '25 Million Trees by 2033' Goal * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the recipients of the Urban and Community Forestry Grants funded by the U.S. Forest Service through the historic Inflation Reductio more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 26 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * Assistance for Survivors of Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence, Who Are at Increased Risk of Overdose Continues New York's Efforts to Address Opioid and Overdose Epidemic Including Providing Nearly 700,000 Naloxone Kits Statewide, Making More than $335 Million in Opioid Settlement Funds Available, and Deploying Mobile Units and Other New Strategies * * * Governor Kathy H more PR

NEW YORK, July 26 -- Nielsen Co., an information, data and measurement company, issued the following news: * * * New contextual categories powered by program-level Gracenote metadata available for Q4 campaigns with Cineverse, DIRECTV Advertising, Philo, Tastemade and Xumo to help buyers target key audiences at scale * * * Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, is powering new contextual categories to give advertisers greater visibility into the content that their messages run  more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, July 27 -- The University of Rochester issued the following news: * * * The financial incentive for University of Rochester employees is also more than doubling. * * * By Sara Miller Sixteen years ago, the University of Rochester in collaboration with the City of Rochester, participating local lending institutions, and neighborhood partners launched a home purchasing program for University employees to help them become first-time homeowners. Over the years, the Universi more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, July 26 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: Upstate researcher Juntao Luo, PhD, continues to attract funding--securing a more than $2 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)--in his effort to find an effective treatment for severe sepsis, which has a mortality rate of 30 to 40 percent. This new funding will support Luo's efforts at turning his nanotechnology into a bi more PR

HAMILTON, New York, July 26 -- Colgate University issued the following news: A new study featuring Professor of Earth and Environmental Geosciences Amy Leventer has revealed the presence of canyons off Antarctica that serve as pathways for relatively warm ocean waters to move toward the continent. These waters, which circulate in from the nearby Southern Ocean, are now known to melt Antarctica's largest glaciers from beneath their surface. Using sonar technology, Leventer and the team based ou more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, July 26 -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: Thanks to an $18-million, 29,000 square foot "full gut renovation," Silverman Hall, home to Upstate Medical University's College of Health Professions, has been transformed into a state-of-the art teaching hub for some of health care's most important--and in demand--professions. The interior of the building has been stripped of any semblance of the building as it existed more PR

NEW YORK, July 27 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on July 26, 2024: * * * Key to the City of New York Celebration Comes as Joel Ends Historic Monthly Residency at Madison Square Garden * * * New York City Mayor Eric Adams last night awarded a Key to the City of New York to New York musician and philanthropist Billy Joel for his decades of contribution to popular music and service to the city. From his iconic songs that serve as anthems for the city to his extensiv more PR

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, July 27 (TNSres) -- Niagara University issued the following news: By Lisa McMahon Niagara University has been selected to receive a grant from the New York State Biodefense Commercialization Fund. The award of nearly $261,500 will be used to formulate a general anti-viral therapeutic using CholestosomeTM technology, a molecule delivery system developed at Niagara by Dr. Mary McCourt, professor of chemistry. It was one of just three academic institutions to receive awar more PR

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, July 27 (TNSres) -- Niagara University issued the following news: By Lisa McMahon Niagara University biology/environmental science students and faculty showcased research findings at the annual meeting of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, June 2-7, 2024, in Madison, Wisc. The annual ASLO meeting is the premier international science conference on limnology, the study of lakes and other inland water systems. This year's conference discussed  more PR

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, July 27 (TNSres) -- Niagara University issued the following news: By Lisa McMahon Dr. Cassandra Marnocha, associate professor of biology at Niagara University, and rising seniors Casey O'Bryan, Grace Sweeney, and Alexandra Kiedrowski presented their research at the American Society for Microbiology's Microbe 2024 meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga., June 13-17, 2024. This year's meeting brought together more than 5,000 attendees from across the more PR

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, July 27 (TNSres) -- New York University's Abu Dhabi campus issued the following news release: NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Associate Professor of Biology Shady Amin has received a grant of more than USD 500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF). He will lead a project that is aimed at elevating the understanding and awareness of the essential role played by diatoms, the tiny microalgae that can live in oceans or in symbiosis with endangered marine animal hosts more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 27 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * JLL Capital Markets arranged the $10M financing for 18 Leonards Drive in Montgomery, New York * * * MORRISTOWN, NJ, July 25, 2024 -- JLL Capital Markets announced today that it secured $10 million in permanent financing for 18 Leonards Drive, a Class-A, 80,260-square-foot warehouse and distribution building located in Montgomery, New York. JLL worked on more PR

NEW YORK, July 27 -- Pillsbury, a law firm, issued the following news release: Pillsbury advised Everi Holdings Inc. (Everi) in the definitive agreements for a combination of Everi and the gaming businesses of International Game Technology PLC (IGT) to be simultaneously acquired by a newly formed holding company owned by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. The all-cash transaction values the acquired businesses at approximately $6.3 billion on a combined basis. The an more PR

LOUDONVILLE, New York, July 27 -- Siena College issued the following news on July 26, 2024: Leadership skills are in great demand in today's rapidly changing health care environment. To help meet those needs, Siena is now offering two new academic programs. The College has just received approval from the New York State Department of Education to offer both a track in health care leadership within its MBA program, and an advanced graduate certificate in health care leadership. Enrollment can be more PR

NEW YORK, July 27 -- The Office of the Mayor of New York issued the following transcript of an interview on July 26, 2024, by Mayor Eric Adams with J.R. Giddings of GMGT Live's The Reset Talk Show: * * * J.R. Giddings: We have democratic mayor, New York City democratic Mayor Eric Adams with us this morning. We have Democratic Congresswoman Yvette Clarke with us. We have political analyst Deidre Hinds with us. We have the answers for you, everything you need to know. You have it on the Reset. T more PR

BUFFALO, New York, July 27 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: At some point, likely during the warmer months of 1849, laborers began digging a trench on an empty lot on what was then Michigan "Street" in the city of Buffalo. This builder's trench was a temporary workspace to accommodate masons laying the limestone foundation for a new church. That groundbreaking, unaccompanied by ceremony, was the first step in building the Michigan S more PR

BUFFALO, New York, July 27 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: As highly processed foods make their way into Himalayan region of Kashmir, researchers at the University at Buffalo have taken a creative approach to raise awareness of haak (hak), an important Indigenous green in the region that has been around for centuries. They've partnered with noted Kashmiri poet Zareef Ahmad Zareef as part of a public health campaign being shared in t more PR

NEW YORK, July 27 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Shutterstock, Inc., a leading global creative platform offering high-quality creative content for transformative brands, digital media and marketing companies, on its acquisition of Envato Pty Ltd., a leader in digital creative assets and templates, for US$245 million. The acquisition complements Shutterstock's existing platform and, upon closing, is expected to expa more PR

NEW YORK, July 27 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Sodexo, a France-based global service provider company, on the simplification of its ownership structure and payment of an interim dividend. Sodexo has signed a share purchase agreement for the sale of Sofinsod to Bellon SA and the distribution of the proceeds of the sale to Sodexo shareholders in the form of an interim dividend. This transaction allows Sodexo to un more PR