Times Square launch of entertainment industry initiative to foster volunteerism »
Actors and executives representing the Entertainment Industry Foundation (or EIF, the entertainment community’s collective charitable organization) joined New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and 15 mayors from around the country, numerous celebrities, and key service groups in Times Square to launch two new initiatives aimed at fostering a new era of volunteerism: EIF’s I [...]
Schumer backs bill to confront Healthcare fraud »
In the wake of a new major Medicaid fraud bust in Nassau County and New York City, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, joined by Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, has announced he is backing new comprehensive health care fraud legislation that will dramatically ramp up efforts to track, arrest, and convict Medicaid and Medicare [...]
State discusses future of energy incentive programs »
State Senate Energy and Telecommunications Chair Darrel J. Aubertine and Long Island Senators Craig M. Johnson and Brian X. Foley are continuing public talks with business leaders and other stakeholders on the future of energy incentive programs which have been used to create and sustain jobs throughout the state. A roundtable discussion held today at the [...]
Govenor Paterson chairs Capital and Hudson Valley business meeting »
Governor David A. Paterson met with more than 50 members of the small business community from the Capital Region, Hudson Valley and across the State to discuss his Deficit Reduction Plan (DRP) and the State’s current fiscal situation. The meeting, which took place in Albany, was one of several that the Governor has convened across [...]
Former NY Giant pleads guilty to fraud »
A financial adviser who once played for the New York Giants has pleaded guilty to fraud charges. Clyde “Peter” Hall, who played one season as an end after being drafted in 1960, had been scheduled for trial in Manhattan federal court on charges he cheated investors out of millions. Hall, drafted out of Marquette University as a quarterback [...]
Mayor Bloomberg launches “plight of human trafficking” exhibition »
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Emma Thompson, and supporters of the Helen Bamber Foundation today opened “Journey,” a unique and provocative art installation depicting the journey typical of some women in the sex industry who are victims of human trafficking. Journey is comprised of seven shipping containers each telling the powerful and personal story of a [...]
Handbag King sentenced to one year for corruption »
Frederic A. Bourke Jr., of Greenwich, Conn., has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to one year and one day in prison, announced Mythili Raman, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division and Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Bourke, chairman of handbag firm , had [...]
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