Northeast

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to keep funding level as the state loses financial support from the federal government and Trump administration.

New York City's longtime bad budgeting habits are coming back to haunt it, said Mark Levine, who was sworn in as comptroller this month.

A squabble between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the state of Maryland appears to be moving towards a resolution which effects two major bridges in the Washington D.C. – Baltimore region.

The Maryland Department of Transportation's acting secretary said the bill would provide "greater transparency and accountability in transportation spending decisions."

With the latest injunction in favor of Revolution Wind, the Trump administration's war on alternative energy is seeming more and more quixotic.

Maryland is currently battling federal job losses and string of financial challenges but is starting the new year with a new triple-A rating on its general obligation bonds complete with a stable outlook.

New York's governor and mayor called Manhattan's cordon toll a success on its first anniversary, but congestion pricing has not cleared all legal hurdles.

New Jersey Transit CEO Kris Kolluri will keep his role under Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill, and add a second position overseeing the state's two major toll roads. 

Gov.-elect Mickie Sherrill said she will nominate Aaron Binder, the state's deputy treasurer, to head the New Jersey Department of the Treasury.

Gov. Dan McKee, previously cold to a surtax on high incomes, is warming to the idea as he grapples with the Trump administration's spending cuts.