New York

John Burnett, who lost the general election for New York City comptroller last year, joined the New York Republican State Committee as a strategic advisor.

Robert Yaro will retire as president of the Regional Plan Association at the end of the year, the urban planning group announced.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority may have found the perfect deal structure to take advantage of the lack of short term paper in the market.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer called for cutting consultants and re-establishing the city as the lead in an overhaul of the troubled emergency 911 system.

A United States demand that New York pay back at least $1.3 billion is a credit negative for New York, Moody's said recently, but New York disagreed.

New York City's DOT chose Elliott Bay Design Group of Seattle to design a new class of boats for the Staten Island ferry at an expected cost of $309 million.

The developer of 3 World Trade Center expects that the New York Liberty Development Corporation will sell $1.65 billion in tax-exempt bonds in September to complete the tower.

Long Island Rail Road pension fraud could happen again if a federal agency isn’t vigilant enough, said budget watchdog group Citizens Budget Commission.

New York City Transit veteran Frank Jezycki will become vice president and chief officer for the Staten Island Railway, MTA officials announced.

New York City plans to sell $900 million of GO refunding bonds Aug. 13 after a two-day retail period.

New York State tax collections in the first quarter of the fiscal year were 7.7% ahead of projections.

Moody's Investors Service enhanced the ratings of 98 New York school districts to Aa3 from A1 with stable outlooks, following rating upgrades for the state's general obligation bonds.

Rockland County, N.Y. county executive Ed Day hailed Moody's Investor’s Service upgrade of his county's general obligation bonds to Baa2 from Baa3.

New York City projects a balanced budget and manageable out-year budget gaps under current economic conditions, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli told the Financial Control Board.

Projected higher tax revenues and pension savings may narrow New York City's outyear budget gaps, according to city Comptroller Scott Stringer.

New York's MTA proposed a $14.2 billion fiscal 2015 budget and four-year financial plan that assumes an average annual increase of $260 million to labor costs stemming from two settlements.

The finance committee of New York's MTA approved a motion to issue special obligation taxable refunding bonds that would fully pay defeased bonds at their early redemption rate and could save the authority $32 million.

New York City’s five public employee pension funds returned 17.4% for fiscal 2014 to bring their total value to a record-high $160.5 billion, Comptroller Scott Stringer said.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board of commissioners has elected John Degnan as its new chairman.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority's capital funding gap may exceed $12 billion, according to a report by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.