New York

The Bronx and Queens are each exploring a soccer-only stadium for a planned Major League Soccer expansion franchise.

Just three months after the operator of the parking garages at New York's Yankee Stadium defaulted on its debt, it faces another obstacle, this time with the Internal Revenue Service.

New York City plans to price a $635 million sale of general obligation bonds, beginning with a two-day order period on July 22.

New York State has promised to give the financially distressed SUNY Downstate Medical Center $89 million over the next two fiscal years.

Moody's Investors Service on Friday downgraded Yeshiva University's rating to Baa1 from A2, and said it would review the university for further downgrade.

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, furthering his political comeback try, delivered nomination signatures for New York City comptroller to the Board of Elections office.

Trade organizations allege that New York City's building department ignored plumbing and fire safety codes when it OK'd Forest City Ratner's high-rise next to the Barclays Center.

Long Beach, N.Y. has started the new fiscal year with a $7.8 million capital budget.

Total outstanding debt from New York's state and local authorities grew by almost 19% from 2008 to 2012 to $151.1 billion.

Eliot Spitzer's announced candidacy for New York City comptroller will jolt what normally is a dormant race for an office that oversees the city's bond program.

A New York State appellate court's upholding of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's payroll mobility tax is a credit positive for the transit agency, Moody's Investors Service said Monday.

New York City sold $12.8 billion of bonds in fiscal 2013 including $6.8 billion in new-money and $6 billion in refinancings, Deputy Comptroller Carol Kostik said.

Standard & Poor's has put its A-minus rating on the debt of Long Island Power Authority on CreditWatch negative.

Former state Assemblyman Jerry Kremer wants New York City to allow and promote European-style youth hostels, saying the move would bring millions in tourist money.

Standard & Poor's says it plans to upgrade the debt of Polytechnic Institute of New York University by six notches on January 1.

A New York State appellate court has reversed a lower court and upheld the constitutionality of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's payroll mobility tax.

Many of the 24 local governments New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli listed as being the state's most fiscally stressed have solid bond ratings.

New York's MTA, envisioning "significant revenue" for its capital program, plans to vacate its midtown Manhattan headquarters by the end of 2014.

The New York City Housing Development Corp. will issue $462 million in multi-family housing revenue bonds after its board of directors approved the move.

Susan Kupferman, senior advisor to the chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, died Wednesday morning at age 54 after a long illness.