New York

As New York MTA scurries to fund its capital plan, transit advocates debate whether governance is a funding and planning impediment.

Fully funding its next four-year capital program without burdening riders poses an immediate challenge for New York's MTA, according to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

William Ronan, the first chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, died at age 101.

Experts say that the $1.63 billion in New York Liberty Development Corp. tax-exempt bonds for 3 World Trade Center expected in late October will have unusual but not necessarily worrisome features.

A parkland project is proposed for New York City's Queens borough that would involve converting 3.5 miles of abandoned elevated railroad track.

Metro-North Railroad completed construction of a $5.7 million bridge in New Hamburg, N.Y.

Raising the state gas tax and tolling East River and other bridges could help New York's MTA fill a gap of at least $15.2 billion, said former chairman Richard Ravitch.

Former New York Lieutenant Gov. Richard Ravitch will speak at the New York Transit Museum in downtown Brooklyn. N.Y., on Oct. 9.

The New York Liberty Development Corp. board Monday approved selling $1.78 billion in mostly tax-exempt bonds to complete 3 World Trade Center.

The $15 billion gap in New York MTA's proposed four-year capital plan, recently vetoed by a state review board, has cast a pall over the transit agency's plans.

Housing policies have reached turning points in New York City and Philadelphia, but for different reasons — New York has an affordability problem, while Philadelphia has a quality problem, some experts say.

New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is projecting a heavy calendar for bond sales from major New York issuers in the fourth quarter.

The appointment of Michael Dardia as Citizens Budget Commission co-research director will enhance its research capacity, CBC officials say.

More than two-thirds of New York City agencies earned D or F on Comptroller Scott Stringer's report card of procurement through minority and women-owned businesses.

New York City Transit's station repair program is progressing too slowly, said a report from State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

A Brooklyn judge may have brought light to the end of the tunnel for financially struggling SUNY Downstate with a ruling that could facilitate the already agreed transfer of Long Island College Hospital to New York University.

Resiliency expert Alan Rubin urged New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer to collaborate on environmental initiatives, including green bonds.

The MTA's Metro-North Railroad and Mount Vernon, N.Y., will work to replace up to three priority bridges that carry vehicular traffic, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Redesigning local waste collection would save New York City about $300 million per year long term, said the Citizens Budget Commission watchdog group.

New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a new fiscal stress list Thursday that showed downstate local governments were likely to be in fiscal stress than upstate ones.