New York

The handshake deal boosts reserves, funds a "fair fares" discount for low-income subway riders for one year and provides Fair Student Funding for city schools.

Branches in every borough struggle to stay open due to broken boilers, leaky roofs and other serious maintenance problems, said the Center for an Urban Future.

Two town officials also received civil penalties totaling $35,000 and were ordered to resign and be temporarily barred from employment with Ramapo, N.Y.

Funding questions and palace intrigue accompany Andy Byford's plan to modernize New York City's buses and subways.

The New York City Housing Development Corp. intends to issue up to $838 million in in multi-family housing revenue bonds and provide $321 million in additional financing for affordable developments.

The Government Finance Officers Association honored New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer for excellence in financial reporting.

Revised criteria for not-for-profit hospitals combined with insurance-related losses to result in a downgrade for New York State’s largest healthcare provider.

New York City’s regulatory and tax oversight of businesses is a balancing act between the desire to increase revenues and to improve human behaviors, according to an urban planning expert.

New York City Health + Hospitals chief Mitchell Katz must navigate fiscal and political land mines as he sets out to fix a notoriously troubled unit.

Mayor Bill de Blasio raised both the goal for contract awards to minority and women owned businesses and the amount the firms can borrow.

Scott Evans, chief investment officer of New York City’s $194 billion of pension funds, will step down at the end of the fiscal year June 29.

The county is receiving only a very small cut of the revenue it projected from the video gambling terminal deal.

Council members questioned whether the "historic" levels of reserves in the mayor's $89.1 billion executive budget are really enough.

Attendees at the NYC Comptroller’s MWBE University program were introduced to the Build NYC Resource Corp.'s bond program.

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are the first states to have created charitable funds that taxpayers can contribute to in order to claim a charitable deduction in lieu of paying state and local taxes.

The IRS notice warns that federal law, not state law, controls how payments for federal income tax purposes are characterized.

Officials say the cost estimate for what New York City Transit president Andy Byford called "a full overhaul" is a work in progress.

The Long Island county named Frank Zarb to lead a task force aimed at tackling the county’s long-term budget challenges.

The investment bank attributed the exit of 15 from the public finance team to market conditions and a strategic review.

The privatization plan is in a holding pattern with new County Executive George Latimer calling for his own aviation blueprint.