WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Hewlett, N.Y. (Jan 17, 2025) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has updated its 2017 cleanup plan for the Peninsula Boulevard Groundwater Plume Superfund Site in Hewlett, New York, to address more extensive contamination in the area. The updated plan reflects the results of recent sampling, which show that groundwater contamination at the site is more extensive than originally expected. "This  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: New York, N.Y. (January 17, 2025) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan to begin dredging and stabilizing contaminated sediment at the bottom of the East Branch of the Newtown Creek. This is part of the Newtown Creek Superfund Site, located in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City. This cleanup means that EPA will be removing some of the worst contamination now, even as the detai more PR

WEST POINT, New York, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Eric S. Bartelt, West Point Public Affairs Specialist "Keep smiling," were two poignant words offered by Becky Baran, the youngest child of Capt. Paul William "Buddy" Bucha, in a message she knew her father would want to convey and advice he wished people would heed most. Bucha passed away on July 31, 2024, and his cremated remains were interred at the West Point Cemetery in a private ceremony on Jan. 17, more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Greg Beeche Logistics used non-compliant scaffold for months * * * BOSTON - A federal administrative law judge has determined that Greg Beeche Logistics, a scaffold installation company based in Waterford, New York, exposed employees to potential falls by erecting and using scaffolds that failed to meet federal workplace safety standards. The action foll more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Edward Y. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the U.S. has filed a federal Fair Housing Act ("FHA") lawsuit against LETTIRE CONSTRUCTION CORP. ("LETTIRE") relating to its failure to design and construct new apartment buildings to be accessible to persons with physical disabilities. The lawsui more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Manuel Chang, the former Finance Minister of Mozambique, was sentenced by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis to a term of imprisonment of 102 months and ordered to pay $7 million in forfeiture. The restitution amount will be determined at a later date. Chang was convicted after a four-w more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: * * * Two Defendants Were the New York Leaders of the Gang's Hollywood and Sailors Cliques * * * Earlier today and on January 16, 2025, in federal court in Central Islip, three members of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, pleaded guilty to multiple crimes, including nine murders comm more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Commerce Announces CHIPS Incentives Awards with Corning, Edwards Vacuum, and Infinera to Increase Domestic Production Capacity of Chips and Equipment Critical for U.S. Technological Leadership Friday, January 17, 2025 Office of Public Affairs publicaffairs@doc.gov (link sends email) Awards in New York, California, and Pennsylvania Will Strengthen U.S. Supply Chain Resilienc more PR