New York

The New York State Thruway Authority received three proposals from teams that are vying for the opportunity to design and build a replacement for the existing Tappan Zee Bridge.

After being postponed a week, the NYU Hospitals Center's $250 million taxable bond sale will come to the market sometime this week — possibly as early as Tuesday.

The MTA, whose sheer enormity makes it an easy target for critics, was in feel-good mode even while acknowledging it many financial challenges.

The Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Finance Authority's settlement with New York Canal Corp. is a credit positive, Moody's Investors Service said

New York's State Department of Health made $32.9 million in Medicaid overpayments during a five-year period, according to audits released by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Jay Walder, the chief executive of Kong Kong's MTR Corp. and former chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, signed a 25-year public-private partnership with Hangzhou, China, to build a subway line.

Ridership on Port Authority Trans-Hudson, or PATH trains, is on pace to set a record for the second consecutive year.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York board approved $1.1 billion of financings for higher education and health care institutions, including a $940 million personal income tax revenue bond program.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority introduced a financial plan on Wednesday that projected a $46 million cash surplus rolled into each of the next two years, but also deficits from 2014 to 2016 that range from $14 million to $231 million.

Officials involved with the new Tappan Zee Bridge project promised openness and transparency but still did not have a plan of financing for project costs.

New York's comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a report that showed the state's overall tax collections are higher than projected, but the strength was limited to the month of April.

Conduit bond issuer Build NYC Resource Corp. has approved $75.6 million of tax-exempt financing to assist four New York City nonprofits.

County Executive Edward Mangano announced $45 million in spending cuts, including slashing 200 jobs, that will eliminate Nassau County's deficit and balance its budget.

Thomas DiNapoli praised the city closing budget gaps, but warned about rising debt and dwindling reserves.

Its finance manager is examining how the alleged London interbank offering rate scandal has affected the transit authority's investments.

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office has begun an independent financial review of the financially troubled State University of New York Downstate Medical Center and its affiliates.

Long Island, N.Y.'s Suffolk County has reduced its estimated deficit to $300 million from $530 million, according to county officials.

Long Beach, N.Y., could issue a request for proposals by fall to operate its 38-year-old Long Beach Ice Arena.

Officials expect to accommodate large cargo ships traveling up the East Coast after the Panama Canal widens.

A regulator will allow bond insurer MBIA Inc. to make a payment on surplus notes issued in 2008, the company said.