New York

The City Council-approved deal spends big on education and housing and reverses earlier cuts, but analysts are wary of the city's budget practices.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's "pause" on congestion pricing puts a $16.5 billion hole in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's capital plan.

In the first half of 2024, winding-down federal aid, a resurgence of Build America Bond refundings and election uncertainty have contributed to the surge in issuance, said James Welch, a portfolio manager at Principal Asset Management.

The Westchester Joint Water Works agreed to build a $138 million filtration plant by July 2029 under a consent decree with the U.S. EPA and federal prosecutors.

The low-investment-grade offering for a high-profile public private partnership stood out in a crowded airport sector.

S&P Global Ratings dropped Houghton University to BB-plus from BBB-minus, citing a track record of deficits plus a large operating shortfall.

Even after paring down the capital plan, the MTA will need to issue debt, and sooner than planned. It will be issued under the MTA's transportation revenue credit rather than its congestion pricing credit, so near-term debt service costs will be higher, CEO Janno Lieber said.

Her abrupt suspension of the tolling plan for Lower Manhattan leaves a $15 billion hole in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's capital budget.

It is not clear how the Metropolitan Transportation Authority would fund its capital plan if the governor puts the brakes on the toll plan for lower Manhattan.

May volume "surprised on the high end and it has been one of the fastest starts to the year historically," said James Pruskowski, chief investment officer at 16Rock Asset Management.

With a myriad of challenges facing state and local governments to fund vast infrastructure needs amid a shifting climate and severe weather events, there are government officials across the country that have begun to address them head on. Paying for them is one of the biggest challenges.

Fitch raised its rating on about $260 million of municipal bonds, backed by payments-in-lieu-of-taxes, from C — the lowest category before default — to CC.

In a new debt profile report, the Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the MTA will be pressured if congestion pricing tolls in Manhattan are blocked.

Delivery delays for Boeing planes are impacting airports, with Southwest Airlines recently announcing it is pulling out or reducing flights at some facilities.

New York Fed President John Williams said the Fed "will cut rates eventually" during a fireside chat at Milken Institute's Global conference on Monday.

April's volume stood at $40.456 billion in 653 issues, up 21.2% from $33.377 billion in 666 issues in 2023.

The mayor's executive budget will now be vetted by the City Council; its leaders say Adams' new spending plan shortchanges library and mental health programs.

Teague, most recently an executive director of the municipal securities department at Morgan Stanley, will focus on surface transportation.

"Numbers are hard to come by in a comprehensive way, but we do learn the state's budget is targeted at $237 billion," said John Hallacy. "This budget is clearly not a 'caretaker' budget, but one that adds significant spending. The question is how that spending will affect the out-years."

New York City Municipal Water Authority returns to the municipal primary after a $1.4 billion deal earlier this year.