New York

The New York City Housing Authority's challenges include a roughly $20 billion capital-needs backlog, federal aid cutbacks, state intervention and a worsening public perception.

An unsealed whistleblower lawsuit accuses eight Wall Street and regional banks and broker-dealers that served as remarketing agents of fraud and collusion in resetting rates for variable rate demand obligations issued by state and local issuers in Illinois.

Monticello school district residents rejected a $110 million plan to overhaul the district's schools in a referendum on Thursday.

Employers in New York also are allowed to implement a 5% payroll tax as a way of paying some of their employees’ state income taxes.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s planned $10 billion redevelopment of John F. Kennedy International Airport is beginning to take shape.

The modified budget plan banks on new revenue initiatives that face an uncertain political fate.

The budget approved over the weekend fails to address long-term fiscal challenges, according to analysts.

The St. Louis-based firm enters its second century of business this year.

Securities industry profits surged in 2017, as the the bonus pool hit an estimated $31.4 billion, according to an New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Joe Lhota defended the agency after a rating downgrade.

Kathy Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, gauges the effect of the transportation infrastructure crisis on New York’s regional economy and recommends solutions. Paul Burton hosts.

The project would get money from Amtrak, capital investment and other accounts under the omnibus spending bill, the details of which are expected to be released later today .

Climate Bonds Initiative of London cited the authority's $662 million green sale.

They say the city’s massive capital program needs right-sizing to solve a problem that goes back several administrations.

President Trump has threatened to veto this long-delayed omnibus if it contains a $900 million appropriation for Gateway that the House approved in September as part of a spending bill for the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Departments.

The authority is selling revenue variable rate refunding bonds.

Improved budgeting and fiscal monitoring boosted New York’s fourth largest township out of junk status.

Solvency for the beleaguered unit is a tall order for the new H+H chief, given myriad challenges from within and afar.

As the New York City Housing Authority crisis festers, streamlined project delivery could help speed up emergency repairs and fund other capital needs.

Democrats are frustrated that President Trump's infrastructure plan would require state and local governments to come up with the majority of funds for infrastructure projects.