Tonya Chin

Nassau County, N.Y., is expected on Wednesday to sell $207.1 million of general improvement bonds in a competitive sale and $34.6 million of taxable bond anticipation notes in a negotiated sale.

After Standard & Poor's raised Philadelphia's low investment-grade credit rating earlier this month, the city's redevelopment agency is scheduled to sell $93.7 million of revenue refunding bonds on Tuesday.

In the largest competitive sale scheduled this week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority will sell $434.6 million of school facilities construction refunding bonds on Tuesday.

Buffalo, N.Y., on Tuesday auctioned $39.8 million of bonds in three series at the lowest interest rates in the city’s history.

The New York State Bridge Authority, which operates and maintains New York’s five vehicular bridges spanning the Hudson River, sold $93 million of general revenue bonds on Tuesday in a competitive sale.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced his proposed 2013-2015 capital budget of $129.9 million.

Long Island County Executives Steve Bellone and Edward Mangano announced last week that Suffolk and Nassau counties will together save an estimated $1 million as a result of a cooperative bid for the purchase of wastewater treatment and pool chemicals.

Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook to negative from stable on Manchester, N.H.’s airport revenue bonds.

Standard & Poor’s Monday lowered its long-term rating and underlying rating to BBB from A-minus on tax allocation bonds issued by the Banning Community Redevelopment Agency in California. The outlook was revised to stable from negative.

Moody's Investors Service has placed the ratings of the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.'s outstanding senior and subordinated sales tax revenue bonds on review for possible downgrade.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority increased its transportation revenue bond issue on Tuesday by 30%, to $729.1 million from an estimated $556 million during retail pricing.

New York City comptroller John Liu on Wednesday promoted assistant comptroller for public finance Mark Kim to serve as deputy comptroller for economic development.

Moody’s Investors Service has placed the ratings of the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation’s outstanding senior and subordinated sales tax revenue bonds on review for possible downgrade.

The New Jersey Garden State Preservation Trust is expected on Wednesday to sell $285 million of open-space and farmland preservation bonds to refund its Series 2003A and 2005A bonds.

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority upsized its expected $475 million deal to $650 million on Tuesday, one day ahead of schedule.

The New York Energy Highway Task Force, appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to implement the energy highway initiative, issued a request for information on April 11.

The city of Long Beach’s administration last week proposed an $87.9 million budget for the fiscal year 2012-2013, with roughly $4 million going toward the repayment of a portion of the 2011-2012 projected deficit.

Former Maine Turnpike Authority executive director Paul Violette has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for misusing as much as $230,000 in agency funds.

The country's largest mass transit system will go to market with $600 million of transportation revenue bonds on Tuesday, with retail pricing on Monday.

The state of Connecticut sold $555 million of general obligation bonds on Wednesday — one day ahead of schedule — due to favorable market conditions.