New York

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.

New York's state and local governments are facing a combined total of $250 billion of unfunded post-retirement health care coverage for public workers.

The Rockland County Legislature approved the sale of $30 million of revenue anticipation notes to fund the county's cash flow needs, scheduled for later this month.

The Hunts Point Terminal Market received a $25 million federal grant, with New York officials hoping the latest move will help keep it in the South Bronx.

The Authorities Budget Office of New York is recommending that Saratoga County's three water authorities should be replaced by a single authority.

Moody's called a court ruling invalidating the New York MTA's payroll mobility tax a credit negative, while Standard & Poor's is maintaining its credit rating.

Standard & Poor's has raised its rating on the Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency's bonds issued for Saratoga Hospital in New York to A-minus from BBB-plus.