New York

New York’s mass transit crisis has prompted some transportation advocates to say the city would be better off taking back subway and bus operations from the state-run MTA.

Funding a major capital program increasingly with debt is a big challenge, said finance director Robert Foran.

Moody's Investors Service lowered its outlook for the county's Aa1 rating.

California and New York City are showing us the path forward, as they often do, in the face of the new limits on the federal deduction for state and local taxes.

Long Island’s Nassau County is staring at its lowest budget deficit in four years, according to its state fiscal control board.

Kelly Jin, a former White House adviser, will work to streamline analytical and data practices in the Big Apple.

One of the nation’s top public finance law firms has expanded its presence in the Northeast with inaugural hires for its New York City office.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer said the Metropolitan Transportation Authority should cut commuter-rail fares within the boroughs to the cost of a subway MetroCard.

New York State made a one-time payment to Niagara Falls to offset disputed casino revenue-sharing losses.

Stan Brezenoff expects to tap public-private partnerships and design-build as he sets out to rectify the troubled New York City Housing Authority,

In this year alone, the city awarded more than $3.7 billion to minority and women-owned business enterprises.

Rice Financial Products Co. has expanded its presence in the municipal bond marketplace with four new hires in New York City.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is pushing a bonding proposal to pay for more than $100 million of taxpayer refunds.

Common Good estimates the delays are adding $1.7 billion annually in lost opportunity costs and additional construction costs to the larger Gateway Development project, which includes a new Portal North Bridge in New Jersey.

John F. Kennedy International Airport gets its day in the redevelopment sun with the announcement of a $13 billion plan.

While Natalie Cohen has retired from Wells Fargo Securities, she will remain a force in the municipal bond marketplace.

The undertaking, for which the city has already allocated $760 million, seeks to establish flood protection 2.4 miles from Montgomery Street north to East 25th Street.

The New York City Economic Development Corp. made a $30 million seed investment in Cyber NYC.

Public finance guru Richard Ravitch dissects the landscape for states and cities and weighs in on New York's transit mess. Paul Burton hosts.

Oxford Properties Group is spending about $2 billion to transform an old freight terminal on Manhattan’s West Side into a 12-story office building, a source said.