New York

Tim Sullivan will become research director at the Citizens Budget Commission in New York.

Frustration over subway logjams and breakdowns surfaced at a New York City Council budget meeting.

S&P Global Ratings has revised the outlook on Nassau County, N.Y.'s general obligation (GO) debt to stable from negative.

The Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp. will offer $2.19 billion of second indenture revenue bonds for sale the week of May 22.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority named Olga Chernat as its executive director. A chartered financial analyst who previously served NYW as treasurer and deputy treasurer, Chernat will start in her new position on Wednesday, the authority said.

Authority says moves are part of a plan to improve service.

New York City will end fiscal 2017 with a $4 billion surplus, the Independent Budget Office projected.

New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer called for the creation of a public-private NYC Citizenship Fund to help legal immigrants cover the cost of the federal application to become U.S. citizens.

The Municipal Forum of New York presented special awards to five public finance leaders and a student at its annual fund-raising dinner on Wednesday night in Manhattan. Money raised at the dinner is used to support the Urban Leadership Fellows internship program.

New York City's Health + Hospitals unit expects to close fiscal 2017 with a $100 million balance.

New York City could benefit to the tune of $200 million when the Grammy Awards returns to the city in 2018, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to return to the catastrophe bond market.

Sonia Toledo will head a new specialty area focusing on state, city and county general finance at Frasca & Associates. Toledo joins Frasca from Wells Fargo Securities where she worked for the past seven years.

Albany N.Y. was revised to stable from negative by S&P Global Ratings.

Goldman Sachs is expected to price the Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp.’s $2.2 billion of Series 2017 second indenture bonds on Tuesday, May 23, the corporation announced on Friday.,

The Long Island Power Authority says renewables will save it $5 billion on no-longer needed capital investments.

Caution was the operative word as New York City’s budget director and City Council members discussed the mayor’s proposed budget.

Rick Kolman has joined Academy Securities as a managing director.

A potential New York state constitutional convention could set the stage for debates about municipal bonding authority.

New York University was upgraded by Moody’s Investors Service ahead of a $652 million deal.