WTC Site Talks Continue as Deadline Looms
March 11, 2010 Negotiations to end a dispute over development at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan continued Thursday ahead of...

Ravitch Has Budget Strategy
March 10, 2010 A financial oversight board would have the power to effectively prevent New York from issuing state-backed debt if the...

N.Y. Comptroller Urges Amendment on Voter-Approved Debt
March 9, 2010 New York Comptroller Thomas ­DiNapoli yesterday called for a constitutional amendment to require most state-backed debt...

Connecticut Gov. Rell Seeks $227M To Build New Health Care Facilities
March 9, 2010 Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell yesterday proposed the construction of a new hospital and health care facilities that would use...

N.Y. Gov. Paterson Awaits Briefing On Ravitch Deficit-Borrowing Plan
March 8, 2010 New York Gov. David Paterson has long railed against deficit borrowing to help the state out of its fiscal mess, but such a...

N.Y. IDAs Up In Arms Over Assessments
March 5, 2010 Assessments levied on New York’s industrial development agencies have economic development officials and some lawmakers...

Authority Czar Tapped
March 5, 2010 New York Gov. David Paterson last week appointed David Kidera as acting director of the Independent Authorities Budget Office,...

Rell Offers Plan to Close Hole
March 5, 2010 Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell last week proposed a mix of cuts, fund transfers and deferred payments to close a $503.9 million...

N.Y.C. Looking Nervously at State Budget
March 4, 2010 The recession has dealt New York City’s economy a better hand than expected, but city officials yesterday painted New...

Bonds Key For NYCHA Subsidies
March 2, 2010 The New York City Housing Authority’s bid for tens of millions of dollars of additional annual federal subsidies to shore...