Tonya Chin

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey sold $2 billion of taxable bonds on Thursday — a day ahead of schedule, due to strong demand.

The Suffolk County Water Authority is scheduled to sell $80 million of revenue bonds on Thursday to refund outstanding bonds and to finance improvements for the water system.

New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli proposed a monitoring system that would rate the financial status of local governments and school districts in the state.

After receiving a rating upgrade, the State of New York Municipal Bond Bank Agency sold $280 million of revenue refunding bonds on Monday, a day ahead of schedule.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will sell $2 billion of taxable bonds for its multi-billion dollar project of redeveloping the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan.

Moody's Investors Service revised the outlook on Syracuse, N.Y.'s A1 bond rating to negative from stable.

New York's revenue collections through August were well below projections, according to the state's comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's toll increases were necessary to keep the agency's facilities in a state of good repair, according to independent reports made public on Wednesday.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York board approved $181 million of bond sales for higher education institutions at a meeting on Wednesday.

Standard & Poor's has revised Vermont's outlook to positive from stable based on its continued improved financial position.

Standard & Poor's revised the outlook on New Jersey's general obligation bonds to negative from stable, based on the state's structural imbalance and optimistic revenue assumptions.

The Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority is expected to sell $200 million of revenue bonds on Tuesday and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority is expected to sell $400 million of bonds and notes on Wednesday, with retail pricing Tuesday.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York is expected to sell $50 million of revenue bonds for Fordham University this week.

Moorestown, N.J. approved $11.9 million of bonds or notes to finance the construction of a new municipal library and town hall building.

The Public Financial Management Group has named Robert Delany as a managing director and chief financial officer in the company's Philadelphia office.

Suffolk County, N.Y., is expected to sell $105 million of delinquent tax anticipation notes on Wednesday, a day before its legislature will decide whether to sell its nursing home for $23 million.

Baird has expanding its public finance team in Philadelphia by adding Timothy Connor as a director.

The New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank is expected to sell $40 million of bonds on Tuesday to fund loans to the state's local governments.

Trenton's Mayor Tony Mack was arrested on Monday morning on corruption charges related to a parking garage project in the city.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York leads the week's issuance with a $238 million bond sale for the State University of New York on Tuesday.