New York

Blake G. Washington discussed Medicare, the MTA and more at a luncheon with the Citizens Budget Commission. 

The NYC TFA will test how the national news cycle has affected the market's appetites. 

Plans to sell a bankrupt municipal bond-financed care facility to a private equity firm threaten to upend care for its frail senior residents.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's $252 billion state budget proposal calls for lower-bracket income tax cuts and one-time cash payouts for everyone.

New York Mayor Eric Adams, bolstered by lower-than-forecast spending on migrants, proposed a $114.5 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

The billion-dollar deal will be the first bonds backed by the tax since it was created in 2019.

Analysts cited growth in the county's reserves, conservative budgeting and strong sales tax revenue as the county prepares to sell GO bonds.

After years of delays, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Sunday launched the new toll on traffic entering southern Manhattan.

Brad Lander, the city comptroller, tallied the potential Trump administration threats to the city's federal funding, from infrastructure to hospitals.

Westchester County, New York, plans to issue roughly $189 million in general obligation bonds, with Fitch Ratings giving the debt its top rating of AAA.

The muni market saw $507.585 billion of debt issued in 2024, up 31.8% from $385.061 in 2023. This surpasses the previous record of $484.601 billion in 2020 by more than $20 billion, per LSEG data.

The resolution marks the end of a yearslong lawsuit.

The $33 billion funding gap in the authority's five-year capital plan is too big, the Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker said in a rejection letter.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's finance committee approved $9 billion of bonds, some backed by new revenue sources.

Suffolk's improved finances won the county its third rating upgrade this year.

Blackstone Inc. is refinancing tax-exempt debt for a 76-story residential tower in downtown Manhattan designed by famed architect Frank Gehry.

"It became apparent that building this new critical care, advanced care bed tower was a strategic imperative," said John Morgan, interim CFO at WMCHealth.

The agency says it will be able to fully fund its current and upcoming capital plan, despite lowered tolls. 

The group of five banks deny long-standing charges from a Minnesota-based whistleblower that they conspired to artificially inflate the rates on variable-rate demand bonds.

The cost of replacing the airport's train system has blown past its budget by $1.45 billion to $3.5 billion.