New York

Construction work has commenced on a privately-funded $260 million renovation and development of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum property in Uniondale, N.Y. that will create a new revenue stream for the Long Island's Nassau County.

The Suffolk County Legislature passed a $2.9 billion budget Wednesday that was balanced by including $117 million in one-time revenue projections.

A capital project to provide East Side access in New York to Long Island Rail Road trains is nearly 60% complete, said MTA official Michael Horodniceanu.

While the MTA's $29 billion capital plan is under review by a panel in Albany, the sniping remains in New York.

The former CEO of Queens Library in New York City sued the library in federal court, saying it fired him for cause to deny him more than $2 million in severance.

New York City ended fiscal 2015 with a $5 million surplus, city Comptroller Scott Stringer said in the city's annual comprehensive annual financial report.

While the Mets may not have grabbed the World Series title, New York City came out a winner as the team's post-season performance helped generate an additional $81.2 million for the Big Apple's economy, according to a new report.

The Nassau County, N.Y. Legislature approved a $2.95 billion 2016 budget that could face rejection by a fiscal control board because of uncertain revenue assumptions.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is poised to recover nearly all of its anticipated $16 billion investment for the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, according to New York University's Rudin Center for Transportation.

How to fund repairs for crumbling infrastructure vexes the biggest of transit agencies and the smallest of states.

Puerto Rico could benefit from a control board similar to what Congress implemented for Washington, D.C., said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Investment banking firm Rice Financial Products Co. has hired seven people to bolster its sales and trading operations and expand its footprint in California, Illinois, Texas and New York.

New York MTA intends to close the main entrance to its Whitehall Street-South Ferry at the lower tip of Manhattan while it completes its $194 million rehabilitation.

New York MTA's $29 billion capital program is bound for Albany after its board approves the five-year plan.

When it comes to getting money back from the Federal government, New York State is getting shortchanged, according to a report released on Tuesday by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

New York’s MTA reduces budget risk through the interest-rate and fuel-hedging strategies of its derivatives program, its finance manager said.

The New York Mets’ National League pennant boosts the credit outlook for bonds issued to finance its Citi Field stadium, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

E. Virgil Conway, who was a chairman of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a member of the MTA Board, died Oct. 21 in Southampton, N.Y. He was 85.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has advanced a plan to move toward replacing its aging Manhattan bus terminal.

New York’s Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority won a rating boost from Standard & Poor’s for its Series 2002F general revenue variable-rate bonds.