Northeast

The merger has closed to create Siebert Williams Shank, the top ranked women- and minority-owned investment bank in the U.S.

The New Jersey Department of the Treasury released $53.7 million of $104.8 million in suspended transitional aid.

New York State's fifth-largest city will sell $152 million of general obligation bonds.

The city and its Transitional Finance Authority issued $6.18 billion of long-term bonds, according to the comprehensive annual financial report.

An agreement forged by New Jersey Transit for a new county and state-funded North Brunswick train station may signal a new partnership model for the agency.

The committee's discussion will begin with a municipal issuers’ structured disclosures discussion, featuring issuers, regulators, and others.

New York City voters will decide a proposal to change the City Charter and establish a formal rainy-day account in the budget.

The Hudson River city reports making headway trimming a more than $13 million general fund deficit that sent it into junk bond status nearly four years ago.

Municipal Market Analytics warned that climate change may pose the biggest threat to municipal bond credits over the next decade.

Andrew Rein president of the watchdog Citizens Budget Commission, tells The Bond Buyer's Paul Burton why New York City voters on Nov. 5 should vote yes on ballot Question 4, which calls for a dedicated rainy-day fund. The state must also approve the change.