New York

The New York State Dormitory Authority plans to sell $491 million of Series 2011A revenue bonds for the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Obligated Group through negotiated bid on Thursday, following a one-day retail order period.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority has scheduled for Tuesday a competitive issuance of $458 million of new-money and refunding bonds.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority has issued $2.027 billion of 9/11 recovery bonds since the terrorist attacks, according to city Comptroller John Liu’s Office of Fiscal and Budget Studies.

The New York State Thruway Authority and the State of New York Mortgage Agency are scheduled to hold bond sales on Thursday totaling $500 million, with each following a Wednesday retail order period.

The New York Local Government Assistance Corp. has postponed its sale of $191.2 million of Series 2011A fixed-rate subordinate-lien refunding bonds to Wednesday from Tuesday, citing disruptions from Hurricane Irene.

Fitch Ratings has placed two sets of BB-plus rated bonds issued by the New York City Industrial Development Agency on behalf of Staten Island University Hospital on positive rating watch.

Albany, N.Y., has two vacancies on its seven-member Industrial Development Agency board.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo nominated former state transportation commissioner Thomas Madison as executive director of the New York State Thruway Authority, subject to Senate confirmation.

The Regional Economic Development Council in New York City held its first meeting on Tuesday, as part of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's initiative to attract and retain businesses and jobs.

A week of noise involving unions and commuters ended quietly in a Manhattan conference room on Friday, when the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board of commissioners approved a set of toll and fare increases that the states' governors modified.

The Empire State Development Corp.’s board of directors approved funding totaling $11.1 million last week, leveraging more than $354 million in investment across New York State.

Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a stable rating to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, two weeks before the nation’s largest technological research university plans to remarket its Series 2002E bonds as fixed rate, and sell $40 million of taxable debt through a private placement.

New York's surplus has evaporated, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in a report for July that his office issued on Wednesday.

The Monroe County, N.Y., Industrial Development Corp. is scheduled to issue $161 million of fixed-rate, tax-exempt revenue bonds on Thursday following a one-day retail order period, to benefit 19 projects at the University of Rochester.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed "conditions for New York manufacturers continued to worsen," the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Monday, as the general business conditions index declined to negative 7.72 in August from negative 3.76 in July.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York on Wednesday approved $426 million of health care bonds for the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Obligated Group. The 30-year bonds will be sold through negotiated sales.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo named a search committee to recommend candidates for the next chairman and chief executive of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli proposed establishing an industry-supported fund to recover damages caused by accidents related to Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling.

Though the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey didn't say so directly in its statement announcing stunningly high fare-hike proposals, the message was clear: the authority is worried about its bond rating.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority has sold $1.05 billion of future tax-secured, fixed-rate conversion and refunding subordinate-lien bonds.