Northeast

S&P Global Ratings sees a ripple effect for New Jersey local governments.

The ratings withdrawal impacts two Indiana bonds and various New York, and Virginia local government issues.

Avi Fink, who had been the mayor's deputy chief of staff, will help manage the city's $86 billion expense budget and $16 billion capital budget for 2018.

New York City would be the first major U.S. public pension to divest from fossil fuel businesses.

PFM Financial Advisors' Mary Francoeur is the 2018 chair of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.

The full Senate could vote next week on a financing package to replace 75-year-old McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket.

New Jersey’s Lottery Enterprise Contribution Act translated into better primary market bond pricing, the state treasurer says.

The Vermont Municipal Bond Bank and Vermont Educational and Health Buildings Financing Agency named public finance veteran Michael Gaughan to lead both entities.

Revel, the failed $2.4 billion casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, built as a high-end playground for Wall Street bankers, sold for $200 million to a Colorado developer who plans to reopen it under the name Ocean Resort Casino.

The law firm is building out its Pennsylvania public finance practice.