New York

Three new casinos in Upstate New York have paid $151 million in licensing fees that are being split among municipalities where the gaming facilities are being built, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Finance Committee on Monday gave its approval to send a bond offering to the MTA board for a final vote on Wednesday.

A record 58.3 million people came to visit New York City in 2015, according to a report from New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Moody's placed Yankee Stadium's Baa3 rating under review for upgrade, affecting roughly $1.26 billion of debt outstanding.

The $82.1 billion budget New York City adopted for fiscal 2017 is a slight credit positive for the next two years, says S&P Global Ratings.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York recently completed what it called its largest offering for a private client in 72 years with an $829 million bond sale for New York University.

Moody's upgraded the rating of the Mets' Citi Field bonds out of junk to Baa3 from Ba1, citing the team's World Series appearance last year.

The New York City Council approved the final $82.1 billion fiscal 2017 budget to which its leaders and Mayor Bill de Blasio had already agreed.

Former Bridgeport, Conn. Mayor Bill Finch has been tapped to lead the New York State Thruway Authority.

New York State’s $178 billion pension fund had its worst fiscal year since the Great Recession, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced Monday.

Most New York City agencies improved their rate of starting capital projects in 2015, said city Comptroller Scott Stringer.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that he and the City Council had reached agreement on a final $82.1 billion budget for Fiscal 2017, the earliest the two sides had approved a fiscal plan in 15 years.

Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. is selling its Farmingdale, N.Y. branch to pay debt service for revenue anticipation notes it defaulted on in March.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has struck a disability pension deal with unions representing firefighters, sanitation workers and correction officers.

A Dowling College alumni group has launched a campaign to save the 48-year old Long Island school after it announced plans to close last week.

The New York City Housing Development Corp. intends to issue more than $455 million in bonds and provide more than $115 million in additional financing for affordable housing.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to prop up New York City’s hospital system has inspired skepticism for relying on outside help seen as unlikely and efficiencies that nibble on margins full of red ink.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer and California State Controller Betty Yee are urging public pension funds to embrace board-diversity practices inclusive of LGBT interests.

A $4 billion redevelopment of New York City’s LaGuardia Airport was cleared for takeoff Wednesday with financing lined up and a 34-year lease signed to support what is being touted as one of the largest public-private partnership transportation projects in U.S. history.

Debt-ridden Dowling College on Long Island is shutting its doors after 48 years, the school’s president announced late Tuesday.