New York

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.

New York City Comptroller John Liu said his office would audit contracts with Navigant after a state commission questioned the firm's dealings with LIPA.

New York City's revised $70 billion budget will include $250 million for storm resiliency and $58 million to the Housing Authority to offset federal sequester cuts.

The New York Senate and Assembly on early Friday morning passed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan for restructuring the Long Island Power Authority.

The New York State Senate confirmed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's appointment of Thomas Prendergast to serve as chairman and chief executive of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's $20 billion storm-resistance plan for New York City consumes 430 pages. The list of questions about it runs pretty long, too.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority's $344 million sale of second resolution this week included $145 million of retail orders.