New York

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Joe Lhota defended the agency after a rating downgrade.

Kathy Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, gauges the effect of the transportation infrastructure crisis on New York’s regional economy and recommends solutions. Paul Burton hosts.

The project would get money from Amtrak, capital investment and other accounts under the omnibus spending bill, the details of which are expected to be released later today .

Climate Bonds Initiative of London cited the authority's $662 million green sale.

They say the city’s massive capital program needs right-sizing to solve a problem that goes back several administrations.

President Trump has threatened to veto this long-delayed omnibus if it contains a $900 million appropriation for Gateway that the House approved in September as part of a spending bill for the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Departments.

The authority is selling revenue variable rate refunding bonds.

Improved budgeting and fiscal monitoring boosted New York’s fourth largest township out of junk status.

Solvency for the beleaguered unit is a tall order for the new H+H chief, given myriad challenges from within and afar.

As the New York City Housing Authority crisis festers, streamlined project delivery could help speed up emergency repairs and fund other capital needs.