Day: August 22, 2024
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — AN EX-ENERGY TRADER HAS PLEADED GUILTY IN BROOKLYN FEDERAL COURT for a bribery scheme involving Mexican oil companies. Javier Aguilar, 50, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and engaging in interstate and foreign commerce to promote and to distribute the proceeds of commercial […]
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STATEWIDE — THE NY STATE CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES MUST RESTORE FUNDING for after-school programs, demands a coalition of elected officials in Southern Brooklyn. They are denouncing the state agency’s decision to defund the programs, leaving 1,300 students with no alternatives for after-school participation and, the group alleges, no information on new activities. The elected […]
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