New York

The Nassau County Interim Finance Authority will remain in control of Nassau County, N.Y.’s finances, as a judge Monday rejected the county’s request for a temporary injunction to stop NIFA’s supervision.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and fellow officials Monday touted a $3.3 billion maritime initiative to revive the city’s 520 miles of shoreline to help boost economic development and address environmental needs.

Full-time New York City employees earn about 17% less, on average, than full-time private-sector workers, according to a report issued last week by city Comptroller John Liu.

Nassau County, N.Y., ended fiscal 2010 with a $17.2 million surplus and cut its structural deficit to $131.6 million, according to unaudited fiscal results from Comptroller George Maragos.

New York City this week will issue its first general obligation bond deal of 2011 with a $641 million refinancing to generate debt-service savings.

Moody’s Investors Service last week revised its outlook for Fordham University to stable from positive as the school plans to increase its borrowing more quickly in advance of expected fundraising and balance-sheet growth.

In the 1930s, motorists paid 50 cents to drive through the Holland Tunnel, and a night at the Hotel Chesterfield in Jersey City cost $2.50.

When former New York Assemblyman Richard Brodsky stepped down to make an unsuccessful run to become attorney general, observers wondered who would be the next chairman of the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions that the Westchester County Democrat had used as bully pulpit for eight years.

New York's pension fund has regained much of the value it lost in the recession but still has a way to go, according to pension returns released by the comptroller's office last week.

The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York last week gave final approval to $150 million of bonds for a university and preliminary approval to $72.8 million for lower education projects.

A proposed change to the federal low-income housing tax-credit program would help affordable housing projects reach more income levels and make the credits more attractive to investors, according to New York officials.

A New York State judge on Friday temporarily blocked a key provision of a control board’s takeover of Nassau County’s finances.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg backed off from deep cuts in the city’s 10-year capital plan in his preliminary fiscal 2012 budget released Thursday.

The Charitable Leadership Foundation, a nonprofit in upstate New York, has drawn on its debt service reserve and is in default under an installment-payment agreement with the issuer, according to a disclosure notice on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA website.

Local bond issuance for future school capital-construction projects in New York could shrink dramatically under a proposal to cap funding approvals at $2 billion annually in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget.

A $20 million grant from New York State is expected to repay $15.4 million of outstanding bonds issued for St. Joseph’s Hospital in Elmira to help finance a yet-to-be-completed merger with another hospital.

Buffalo and Nassau County aren’t just far apart from each other on a map of New York — their finances are moving in opposite directions.

Moody’s Investors Service placed $1.4 billion of outstanding Nassau County, N.Y., debt on review for possible downgrade Wednesday after the county moved to stop an oversight board from controlling its finances.

New York’s new goal of selling half of its bonds competitively drew both praise and criticism from market sources on Wednesday.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a $132.9 billion all funds budget Tuesday that includes $5.52 billion bonding to finance capital projects in fiscal 2012, a 7.8% increase over the current fiscal year.