New York

States are well-positioned to emerge from COVID-19, the investment firm said in its annual grading.

Proposed remedies were as varied as the candidates themselves as eight leading Democratic candidates jousted in a live televised debate.

A favorable response would enable pre-construction work for the long-awaited $11.6 billion upgrade of New Jersey-New York train tunnels.

Andrew Rein of the Citizens Budget Commission and Howard Cure of Evercore Wealth Management dive into the New York City's operating and capital budgets. Paul Burton hosts. (38 minutes)

While the race has drawn few headlines compared with the battle for mayor, a dozen hopefuls are running for the office.

Federal and state aid camouflage danger around the corner, fiscal watchdogs and others insist.

Congestion pricing, a Manhattan Greenway, open-streets programs and a plethora of other uses are all at play as city officials plan a recovery from COVID-19 and a full reopening of the city by July 1.

The bistate agency’s exports link increasingly to information-based services, an NYU Rudin Center study says.

New York City's mayor cited roughly $15 billion in additional state and federal aid, improving COVID-19 statistics and the further lessening of restrictions in releasing his executive plan.

The transit authority has a $2.9 billion hole in its $54.8 billion five-year plan, according to New York State's comptroller.

Natalia Quintero of the Partnership for New York City discusses the Transit Tech Lab accelerator program, which involves the MTA and other regional transportation agencies. Paul Burton hosts. (14 minutes)

Nearly 40% of the fees it pays for bond sales go to women-owned, minority-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned investment banks.

While state budget language restricts the governor's use of $1.3 billion of bonding, he has other options as transit advocacy groups push back.

Business leaders and budget watchdogs ask whether the $212 billion spending plan would set up the state and its anchor city for a fall.

Lawmakers packaged revenue, social justice and market positioning while flexing political muscle when they voted to legalize marijuana.

The suburban New York county will go to market next month armed with a positive outlook from the rating agency, its first movement on the county since 2012.

Limited-size audiences are returning to live events in New York. Shutdowns from the coronavirus have hit the sports, arts and entertainment industries hard.

Taxable deals and refinancings fueled the 2020 volume spike as issuers adjusted to the coronavirus. The pandemic still looms over 2021.

New York State’s public sector entities have more than $300 billion of unfunded other post-employment benefit liabilities, which accounts for a quarter of the nation’s total of $1.2 trillion of other post-employment benefit debt.

The Federal Transit Administration rescinded a Trump administration policy that refused to count as a local cost-share the payments by New York and New Jersey on a proposed federal loan.