Paul Burton is the Northeast Regional Editor for The Bond Buyer. His major coverage has included New York City and MTA finances; the Harrisburg, Pa., debt crisis; the 38 Studios bond financing fiasco in Rhode Island; and unfunded pension liability. Paul hosts podcasts and videos and has moderated at Bond Buyer conferences. Previously, Paul was senior editor and copy chief at M&A-oriented financial media company The Deal LLC. His award-winning career has spanned financial, sports and political journalism. A Boston native, Paul is the author of the book “Tales from the Newsrooms.” He is a frequent public speaker and has appeared as an expert on municipal debt on radio and television shows, including former CBS News White House correspondent Sharyl Attkisson’s public-affairs program, “Full Measure.”
- New York
New York City's revised four-year financial plan shows much smaller out-year gaps than projected in June, said state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
December 16 -
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer and Hewlett-Packard settled for $10.6 million in dispute over a city emergency communications contract.
December 15 -
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.
December 15 -
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.
December 15 - Massachusetts
Gov.-elect Charlie Baker, who remembers the commonwealth's BBB days, wants Massachusetts to aim for a triple-A rating.
December 15 -
MassachusettsMassachusetts should increase its rainy-day fund and further lower its expected pension fund rate of return, incoming state treasurer Deborah Goldberg told investors.
December 12 -
PennsylvaniaPennsylvania'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.
December 11 -
MTA officials heard Staten Island officials and residents tell them that they and other outer boroughs are shortchanged.
December 11 -
MassachusettsMassachusetts investors will get to review the past four years and peer at the future at the commonwealth's fourth annual conference in Boston.
December 11 - Connecticut
Connecticut received nearly $12.5 million in discretionary federal funding to expand preschool programs in 14 high-need communities.
December 10 - New York
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.
December 10 -
New York's MTA awards $194M contract to Judlau Contracting to rehabilitate the South Ferry station and fortify it from extreme flooding.
December 8 - Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency issued a $14.6 million bond for affordable housing in Boston's Chinatown.
December 8 - New York
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.
December 8 -
How can New York's MTA grasp immediate pressing needs and still chart its long-term future?
December 5 - New York
Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Nilda Mesa as New York City's director of the new office of sustainability.
December 4 - New York
Former congressman and Bronx borough president Herman Badillo, who died Wednesday, was praised as a trailblazer and civil-rights leader.
December 4 - Rhode Island
Rhode Island Gov.-elect Gina Raimondo named Stephen Neuman, a key operative for Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, as her chief of staff.
December 3 - New York
New York City's Department of Housing Preservation and Development issues an RFQ for minority- and women-owned business enterprises to work on affordable housing.
December 3 -
A jury trial is scheduled in the challenge to Rhode Island's landmark pension overhaul law, and a citizen jury represents a wild card in the case, say legal experts.
December 3
