New York

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan includes the construction of more than 5,000 curbside rain gardens in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens.

Even with a board vote just five weeks away, the proposed five-year capital program for New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is a big unknown.

Spiraling population, record tourism and new dynamics such as climate change have intensified the city's challenge, said a Center for an Urban Future report.

Nicole Gelinas of the Manhattan Institute dives into the New York MTA reorganization controversy. Paul Burton and Andrew Coen host.

Federal funding would be reduced to 44% from 49% of the cost of the Gateway project, which had been blocked by the Trump administration.

Eric Gertler was nominated to succeed Buffalo developer Howard Zemsky as leader of New York State’s lead economic development agency.

An increased reliance on endowment spending put the highly selective liberal arts college at risk of a credit downgrade.

A report said overtime costs spiraled out of control under leadership's noses for roughly a decade.

Municipal bond issuers in the Northeast sold $44.9 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2019, down 7% compared to the first half of 2018.

California joined 21 other states and seven local governments to sue the federal government in an effort to overturn what they see as pro-coal rulemaking.

The review of the final credit, Chicago's senior-lien water bonds, was resolved when the bonds were defeased.

The county in the New York suburbs received its second upgrade in two months after eliminating cumulative general fund deficits.

The selection includes Acacia Financial Group and Frasca & Associates, each of which is certified as a women-owned business enterprise and Mohanty Gargiulo, a certified minority- and women-owned business enterprise.

The insurer seeks at least $720 million from Wall Street firms that underwrote Puerto Rico bonds issued from 2001 to 2007.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority should reconsider its proposal to debar contractors for late or overbudget work, the Citizens Budget Commission said.

A reduced debt burden following the completion of capital investments positioned Orange Regional Medical Center in New York’s Hudson Valley for a credit upgrade.

Maria Doulis of the Citizens Budget Commission and Howard Cure of Evercore discuss what's behind the city's $93 billion FY20 spending plan. Paul Burton hosts.

A power struggle in Mount Vernon, New York, over who will replace a mayor forced out following a campaign finance scandal leaves the Westchester County city's future fiscal direction in flux.

Officials say the guidelines 'memorialize' the extensive debt management constraints under state and local laws, and the city's fiscal objectives.

Data from so-called smart devices can trigger catastrophe for muni issuers if mishandled.