New York

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer called for an overhaul of pension fund oversight, including a ban on private placement agents across all asset classes.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York's financial support for the money-losing Long Island College Hospital can continue for only a few more days.

Former New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate John Liu is teaching public policy and municipal finance at Baruch College.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority sold about $351 million of second resolution, fixed-rate, tax-exempt new money bonds.

The chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority acknowledged Wednesday the possibility of a Long Island Rail Road strike in the summer.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is working to expedite New York City airport capital projects.

Remarketing $700 million of variable-rate debt last year has helped New York's MTA position itself in a volatile market, finance director Patrick McCoy said.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio implored state lawmakers to approve his universal pre-kindergarten proposal through a tax on the city's wealthiest citizens.

Audits of two MTA commuter lines found they failed to properly manage overtime paid by funds from federal stimulus funds, said a state comptroller's report.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority will receive $886 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to further its post-Hurricane Sandy Repairs.

Jameson Doig, author of a book about the history of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said the agency has never experienced a controversy as huge as the Bridgegate scandal.

Contracting sales tax receipts are a credit negative for New York counties outside the metropolitan New York City area, Moody's Investors Service said.

The city of Buffalo, N.Y.'s finances are improving, but challenges remain, according to a report released by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority sold $946 million of future tax secured fixed-rate subordinate bonds.

New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has found that 13% of New York school districts are fiscally distressed.

Metro-North estimated damage from the deadly commuter train derailment in the Bronx at more than $9 million, said a preliminary report from a federal agency.

Standard & Poor's upgraded Series 2007civic facility revenue bonds issued for Polytechnic University after the school merger with NYU closed.

The Court of Appeals, New York State's highest court, dismissed Nassau County's legal challenge to the MTA's payroll mobility tax by refusing to hear the case.

The final federal hurdle – Internal Revenue Service approval -- has been cleared in securing recovery zone bonds for financing the complete construction of the 80-story 3 World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Yeshiva University debt to B1 from Baa2 Thursday afternoon