New York

Suffolk County, N.Y., home of the Hamptons and a $530 million three-year budget deficit, issued $37 million of tobacco bonds Wednesday — one day ahead of schedule in order to take advantage of favorable market conditions.

The New York Liberty Development Corp., which issues debt to help rebuild the World Trade Center, led the inaugural Bond Buyer 100 list of top bond issuers for 2011.

New York's recently enacted pension reform, projected to save more than $80 billion over the next 30 years, is a favorable development for the state and its municipalities, Moody's Investors Service said in a report on Thursday.

New York’s tax collections through February were ahead of projections, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said after releasing the monthly cash report for February.

New York City sold $470 million of new-money general obligation bonds by competitive sale last week, including $100 million of taxables and $370 million of tax-exempts.

New York State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is conducting an audit of the city of Long Beach, which declared a fiscal emergency last month and faces a $10.25 million deficit.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is aggressively going after uncollected toll revenue, filing 14 civil suits on Tuesday against what it calls the most egregious toll violators.

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service recently closed an audit of $228.1 million of Series 2007A green bonds issued by the Syracuse Industrial Development Authority in New York without changing the tax-exempt status of the bonds.

The New York Mets'$162 million settlement Monday in the Bernard Madoff fraud case looms as a victory for a financially beleaguered baseball franchise that has experienced few of them in recent years.

In a rare debt structure, 7 World Trade Center II, LLC, a special-purpose entity, will secure two loans to refund $475 million of Series A and B Liberty revenue bonds, which helped finance the construction of floors 10 through 52 of 7 World Trade Center.

State Senate Republicans in Albany have cut $770 million in capital financing for New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority and rejected the agency’s request for a $7 billion bonding cap increase.

New York City intends to sell $370 million of fixed-rate, tax-exempt new money bonds and roughly $100 million of fixed-rate taxable bonds via two separate competitive bids on Tuesday, subject to market conditions.

New York City's fiscal condition continues to improve, but remains at risk for deficits because it has relied on nonrecurring resources to balance its budget, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in an annual report on the city's fiscal plan.

More shoes began to drop in Suffolk County, N.Y., as Standard & Poor's on Tuesday placed its AA long-term and underlying ratings on credit watch with negative implications.

The New York State Thruway Authority plans to issue $779.3 million of second general highway and bridge trust fund bonds, Series 2012A, on Wednesday by negotiated bid.

Suffolk County is home to Long Island's Hamptons beach resorts and carries the monicker "playground of the rich." It's also home to a projected $530 million budget deficit over three years, and the county fears it will run out of money in April.

Standard & Poor's changed St. Peter's Hospital’s outlook to positive from stable, citing immediate benefits from the Albany hospital's recent merger.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York is scheduled to sell $205 million of new-money and refunding bonds for New York University this week, following a one-day retail order period. Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the lead underwriter.

Following a report that said it pays a lot more to New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority that it gets in service, Rockland County, N.Y., officials have begun to explore a withdrawal from the MTA.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority intends to sell $502.2 million of fiscal 2012 Series EE second resolution, fixed-rate, tax-exempt bonds on Tuesday.