Northeast

Siamac Afshar has joined HJ Sims Philadelphia office as vice president of investment banking.

Seth Magaziner's strategies mingle school construction borrowing and debt-management sessions with victims compensation, college savings and a small-business program.

Ramirez & Co. makes additions in big markets of Texas and New York.

Iona College may receive an upgrade from Moody's after boosting financial reserves through aggressive fundraising.

Steve Dilts, a senior vice president at infrastructure solutions firm HNTB Corporation, discusses the biggest transportation challenges facing the New York City metropolitan region including the long-stalled Gateway project and improving access to Manhattan’s Penn Station. Andrew Coen and Paul Burton host.

New York City’s water authority kicked off the week by offering bonds to individual investors on Monday.

Gov. Phil Murphy's budget plan includes $447 million of revenue from proposed income tax rate hikes for the highest earners.

Toll pricing, street management, transit funding priorities and a scramble for exemptions will be in play as New York paves the way for U.S. cities.

Owners of the privately owned passenger train project plan to ask the Florida Development Finance Corp. to approve more bonds Friday.

New Jersey lawmakers should protect a planned $1.2 billion budget surplus while crafting the 2020 budget, according to Elizabeth Maher Muoio.