Northeast

Lawmakers advanced a bill designed to make the New York State Department of Transportation more accountable for its capital planning.

At stake is an estimated $880 billion in annual federal funding from 300 programs that use census data to distribute funds.

Debate over the level of openness at New York MTA resonates on several fronts, notably during a joust over reports of overtime abuse.

Moody's dropped the central New York county to Aa3 from Aa2.

Adding $374 million alleged in New York to the three other cases also filed by Johan Rosenberg brings the total damages claimed to $1.58 billion.

Achenbach, a former Moody’s analyst, opened AGVP Advisory to advocate for clean reliable energy and to do pubic finance consulting.

Town officials are celebrating an "historically low rate" on bonds that were sold to pay for the construction of the new Public Works/Water Pollution Control Authority complex.

Moody’s Investors Service named New Jersey and Illinois as the two states least prepared for a recession.

The authority will 'hold their feet to the fire,' Chairman Patrick Foye said of the German conglomerate.

A bid to stabilize New Jersey’s soaring pension and healthcare costs faces an uphill battle against the state’s Democratic governor and organized labor.