New York

New York's tax revenue for the first half of the fiscal year has fallen slightly and missed targets, according to a report released by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Friday.

The New York State Thruway Authority picked Tappan Zee Constructors to begin negotiations on a contract to construct the new $5 billion Tappan Zee bridge.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo received the Energy Highway Task Force's blueprint for additional electric generation and transmission capacity.

Raising the base fare on New York subways and buses to $2.50 is the most likely fare-increase scenario, said Joseph Lhota, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

A sale of $112.5 million of revenue bonds will finance renovations at the New York Aquarium, including a new shark building, and the Bronx Zoo.

Moody's Investors Service has cut the rating on Nassau County's outstanding general obligation debt to A2 from A1, citing further weakening in the county's financial position.

Rochester, N.Y., is expected to sell $34 million of general obligation bonds in two series this week. Ramirez & Co. is underwriter

New York City Comptroller John Liu launched a website to enable workers paid less than the prevailing wage on city public works projects to search online for the money they are owed.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey authorized a $31.5 million rehabilitation of a taxiway at Newark Liberty International Airport.

After hearing tearful requests for leniency, federal Judge Harold Baer imposed prison and fines on three former bankers convicted of municipal bond bid rigging.

New York City officials announced changes to the four-year capital commitment plan to accelerate work on more than $1 billion of critical infrastructure projects.

Westchester County is expected to sell $76 million of general obligation bonds in competitive sale on Wednesday to help finance the costs of various capital improvements.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joseph Lhota announced four options for fare and toll increases that he says are needed to help fill a budget gap.

New York State's business tax climate ranks last in the nation according to think-tank the Tax Foundation. New Jersey is second-worst.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is selling New York City bus and subway transit MetroCards with front-facing ads for the first time.

In an annual report on the state's finances, New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli finds that spending since 2008 has increased by 15%.

The Citizens Budget Commission watchdog group, calling the financing arrangements of New York's MTA "volatile and insufficient," proposes an alternative that it said would curb deficits.

Uncertainty continues to hover over the securities industry in New York City, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in his annual Wall Street report.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York is expected to sell $887 million of personal income tax revenue bonds on Thursday.

New York City's Municipal Water Finance Authority is scheduled to price $200 million of second resolution, adjustable rate tax-exempt bonds through negotiation.