New York

New York State lawmakers agreed on a $156 billion fiscal 2017 budget Thursday night that includes a record $55 billion in transportation investments.

One-third of New York small business owners endure long waits for approvals to open shop, according to city Comptroller Scott Stringer’s red-tape panel.

An overhaul of LaGuardia Airport is closer to taking flight after the Port Authority of New York and Jersey Board of Commissioners voted to approve a public-private partnership for the $4 billion project.

The Gateway Tunnel rail project connecting New Jersey to Manhattan received a commitment for $70 million in an effort to fast-track the estimated $20 billion initiative.

In a move supporters say will bring millions in annual new revenue to New York, lawmakers advanced legislation to legalize professional mixed martial arts.

New York’s MTA expects to know the fate of its five-year capital program by the end of the month, said Chairman Thomas Prendergast.

Following a consultant's scathing report, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer's office has set out to streamline the Bureau of Asset Management.

The savings are that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio trumpets from significant changes to the city’s employee health plans are a matter of debate.

Manhattan’s financial services industry will not lift New York State and New York City’s tax revenues because of a “lackluster” performance from Wall Street last year, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

New York MTA intends to add more than 2,000 state-of-the-art buses to its transportation fleet over five years at a $1.3 billion cost, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority intends to sell $750 million building aid revenue bonds on March 14 after a two-day retail period.

New York MTA expects to formally submit its proposed $29 billion five-year capital program to a state review board “in the next month or two,” an official said.

Adam Barsky, a former budget director under former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, has been tapped to chair the fiscal control board for Long Island’s Nassau County.

New York City budget director Dean Fuleihan wants agency heads to identify "significant new savings" in time for the updated spring spending plan.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposed streetcar line through Queens and Brooklyn waterfront neighborhoods has drawn some skepticism about its funding plan.

New York's MTA delayed holding a vote on a pre-agreement for a 99-year lease of its former midtown Manhattan headquarters to Mort Zuckerman's Boston Properties.

New York State's fiscal position has improved, but increasing budget challenges loom, according to a new report from State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

The full board of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved an additional $66 million to accelerate construction of the long-delayed Second Avenue subway line.

Hunton & Williams LLP has hired David Horner as a partner to work in the firm's infrastructure public-private partnerships practice.

New York's MTA will continue to sell transportation revenue bonds with a green label as long as investor demand warrants, a finance official said.