Northeast

Critics fear the contracting provision is so draconian it could backfire on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's $51.5 billion program.

Both women will be honored as part of The Bond Buyer's Deal of the Year gala on Dec. 4 in New York City.

The expiration of a federal highway bill could provide a catalyst for expanding bonds, according to former Senate Finance Committee tax counsel, Ryan Abraham.

Interest rates the district will pay on a recent $600 million deal are lower than it paid in its previous bond deal a year and a half ago.

Improving the capital city's system could generate tax-base growth and economic activity, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Protesters targeted investors in prisons and Puerto Rico bonds at the Museum of Modern Arts' opening.

Andy Byford, president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's transit division, wrote a letter of resignation before rescinding it.

The agency is holding an "innovation challenge" in search of a public-private partnership to parallel its largely unused rail link to the new destination mall.

Vineyard Wind is revealing new details of its bid to develop an offshore wind farm off the southern coast of Massachusetts, including new investments in Bridgeport to convert a section of the city's fading port complex into a robust operations and maintenance hub.

S&P Global Ratings revised to positive from stable the outlook on its BBB-plus rating for the long-troubled city on the Delaware River.