New York

The Westchester County Board of Legislators has approved a $1.8 billion 2016 budget that for a sixth straight year will not raise property taxes.

New York State is receiving $75 million in grants to support 45 drinking water and wastewater infrastructure improvement projects, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer’s latest call for change in the city’s $163 billion pension-fund system is for divestiture from coal.

New York education, healthcare and non-profit issuers with strong credit will now be able to expedite their transactions under new guidelines approved by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York.

The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust announced a partnership to invest up to $300 million in Metro New York affordable housing, community centers and care facilities.

New York MTA officials is looking to go green, and they don’t mean the map colors of the Lexington Avenue subway line.

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher is making an impassioned pitch for more funding while challenging the system from within.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved a $7.9 billion spending plan for 2016 that includes $1.2 billion for debt service.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has agreed to partner with the federal government in advancing plans for a planned new Gateway Tunnel rail project connecting New Jersey to Manhattan

New York’s MTA says it has substantially completed two significant contracts on East Side Access, the megaproject intended to bring LIRR service to Grand Central Terminal.