Northeast

Mr. Fish worked at Bankers Trust Co., Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette and ABN Amro and had served as a chair of the Municipal Analysts Group of New York and been a president of the Society of Municipal Analysts.

Boston is more dependent on property taxes from commercial real estate, and property taxes in general, than most of its large-city peers.

High rates and high inflation, coupled with rich reserves, pushed off or delayed issuers coming to market in 2023, noted James Pruskowski, chief investment officer at 16Rock Asset Management.

Legal challenges to congestion pricing tolls may delay much-needed repairs to the city's transit system, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said. 

Public finance lawyers Alison Radecki and Helen Pennock, who come to the firm from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, will work of of the New York City office.

A new tax on corporations would create a dedicated revenue stream for commuter rail and bus operator NJ Transit under New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's budget plan.

Based in New York City, Ted Hynes has almost 40 years of experience in the fixed-income markets, the last 15 at Raymond James.

The bonds are rated Aa2 by Moody's Investors Service, AA by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings and AA-plus by Kroll Bond Rating Agency. All four rating agencies have a stable outlook on the credit.

An off year from municipal bond issuers in the Northeast in 2023 pulled the national volume numbers into negative territory.

Supply is expected to increase in the coming weeks, and there may be more rate-direction volatility, said Kim Olsan, senior vice president of municipal bond trading at FHN Financial.