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Investment banking firm Rice Financial Products Co. has hired seven people to bolster its sales and trading operations and expand its footprint in California, Illinois, Texas and New York.

New York MTA intends to close the main entrance to its Whitehall Street-South Ferry at the lower tip of Manhattan while it completes its $194 million rehabilitation.

New York MTA's $29 billion capital program is bound for Albany after its board approves the five-year plan.

When it comes to getting money back from the Federal government, New York State is getting shortchanged, according to a report released on Tuesday by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

New York’s MTA reduces budget risk through the interest-rate and fuel-hedging strategies of its derivatives program, its finance manager said.

The New York Mets’ National League pennant boosts the credit outlook for bonds issued to finance its Citi Field stadium, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

E. Virgil Conway, who was a chairman of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a member of the MTA Board, died Oct. 21 in Southampton, N.Y. He was 85.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has advanced a plan to move toward replacing its aging Manhattan bus terminal.

New York’s Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority won a rating boost from Standard & Poor’s for its Series 2002F general revenue variable-rate bonds.

New York City’s $13.8 billion annual procurement budget largely shuts out women- and minority-owned firms, said city Comptroller Scott Stringer.

The strong performance of the New York Mets this season, which resulted in their appearance in the National League Championship Series this week, may also help the team’s bonds.

A state oversight board warned Nassau County, N.Y. legislative leaders that it will step in to impose a hiring freeze and make other cuts if changes are not made to a 2016 budget proposal.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York has approved up to $326 million in fixed rate bonds to upgrade residence halls at public colleges throughout the Empire State.

Former Dormitory Authority of the State of New York president and CEO Paul Williams has been hired as a counsel for law firm Arent Fox LLP.

While the intricate funding details for New York MTA’s five-year capital program are new, the backdrop had a familiar ring.

The Manhattan Municipal Building at 1 Centre St. was renamed the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building, in honor of New York’s first African-American mayor.

The New York City Retirement Systems will pump $150 million in an AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust affordable housing initiative, Comptroller Scott Stringer said.

Rockland County, N.Y., received a one-notch rating boost from Moody's Investors Service.

Three New Jersey State Senate leaders are pressing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to authorize construction of a new bus terminal in Manhattan.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority intends to sell $1 billion of future tax-secured subordinate bonds this month.