New York

After a raucous public speaking session and sniping between chairman Joe Lhota and board member Charles Moerdler, New York's MTA tweaked its advertising policy and meeting schedule.

The Suffolk County Water Authority is scheduled to sell $80 million of revenue bonds on Thursday to refund outstanding bonds and to finance improvements for the water system.

The New York City Housing Authority has announced plans to build private housing on its underused land and tap a HUD program for $500 million in bond money.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to continue its aggressive borrowing with $3.1 billion in bond sales over the next three months.

The finance committee of New York's MTA authorized an increase in the amount of fuel-hedging capacity, which budget officials say minimizes volatility.

New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli proposed a monitoring system that would rate the financial status of local governments and school districts in the state.

After receiving a rating upgrade, the State of New York Municipal Bond Bank Agency sold $280 million of revenue refunding bonds on Monday, a day ahead of schedule.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will sell $2 billion of taxable bonds for its multi-billion dollar project of redeveloping the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan.

New York City will sell $1.2 billion of general obligation bonds through negotiation in October.

Moody's Investors Service revised the outlook on Syracuse, N.Y.'s A1 bond rating to negative from stable.

New York's revenue collections through August were well below projections, according to the state's comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's toll increases were necessary to keep the agency's facilities in a state of good repair, according to independent reports made public on Wednesday.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York board approved $181 million of bond sales for higher education institutions at a meeting on Wednesday.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority will hold a $1 billion refunding bond sale as budget uncertainty, a court appeal and fare increases hover.

The chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority warned about reducing or even eliminating unlimited fare and other MetroCard discounts.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York is expected to sell $50 million of revenue bonds for Fordham University this week.

Suffolk County, N.Y., is expected to sell $105 million of delinquent tax anticipation notes on Wednesday, a day before its legislature will decide whether to sell its nursing home for $23 million.

New York City and Massachusetts are tapping the capital markets to fund social intervention programs under a new mechanism called social impact bonds.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York leads the week's issuance with a $238 million bond sale for the State University of New York on Tuesday.

Buffalo N.Y. sold $32 million of school refunding bonds Thursday.