Paul Burton

Former high-level athletes, such as New York Giants Super Bowl champion Phil McConkey, talk about sports experiences ranging from Rose Bowl to Wembley, and reflect on how their experiences on the field help them today in finance careers.

The Queens Library Board of Trustees fired embattled president and chief executive Thomas Galante, who is under federal investigation.

The attorney for the New York City Housing Authority came out swinging in response to a stinging report by city Comptroller Scott Stringer that accused the agency of squandering nearly $700 million of federal funds.

A big uncertainty for New York's MTA looms after it approved its operating budget for 2015: Its proposed $32 billion capital plan, which state officials must approve.

Rhode Island Gov.-elect Gina Raimondo will nominate former Newark, N.J. operative Stefan Pryor to be commerce secretary subject to state Senate confirmation.

New York City's revised four-year financial plan shows much smaller out-year gaps than projected in June, said state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer and Hewlett-Packard settled for $10.6 million in dispute over a city emergency communications contract.

New York MTA board members called on the state to waive fees on new money bonds, which could cost the MTA $22.5 million in calendar 2015.

New York's MTA seeks up to $300 million in federal funding for infrastructure improvements for the L subway line to account for a spike in ridership.

Gov.-elect Charlie Baker, who remembers the commonwealth's BBB days, wants Massachusetts to aim for a triple-A rating.

Massachusetts should increase its rainy-day fund and further lower its expected pension fund rate of return, incoming state treasurer Deborah Goldberg told investors.

Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Financing Authority and state budget office have canceled a $197 million sale of CFA revenue bonds scheduled for Dec. 19, saying the CAFR for fiscal 2014 is not yet available.

MTA officials heard Staten Island officials and residents tell them that they and other outer boroughs are shortchanged.

Massachusetts investors will get to review the past four years and peer at the future at the commonwealth's fourth annual conference in Boston.

Connecticut received nearly $12.5 million in discretionary federal funding to expand preschool programs in 14 high-need communities.

New York reached tentative seven-year agreements with the Uniformed Superior Officers Coalition, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, with a net cost of $414 million to the four-year financial plan.

New York's MTA awards $194M contract to Judlau Contracting to rehabilitate the South Ferry station and fortify it from extreme flooding.

The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency issued a $14.6 million bond for affordable housing in Boston's Chinatown.

New York City's debt has spiked 228% since 1990, according to city Comptroller Scott Stringer's fiscal 2015 report on capital debt and obligations.

How can New York's MTA grasp immediate pressing needs and still chart its long-term future?