Northeast

Atlantic City is set to gain back one of is shuttered casinos with Hard Rock International planning to take over the former Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort.

Upkeep to aging infrastructure is central to New York City’s $89.6 billion, 10-year capital plan, budget chief Dean Fuleihan told City Council members.

Atlantic City’s $72 million tax settlement with the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa is a credit positive for the distressed gambling hub that produced “considerable” savings, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

S&P Global Ratings said it revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed its AA-minus rating on New York State Dormitory Authority's series 2010 revenue bonds and the Dutchess County Local Development Corp.'s series 2013 revenue bonds, issued for Vassar College.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie proposed in his final budget address Tuesday directing $13 billion from New Jersey Lottery into eligible pension funds to help bolster the state’s underfunded pension system.

The number of those working in offices in New York City hit a record 1.5 million in 2016, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in a report released Monday.

Nassau County, N.Y.’s decision to speed up a commitment to stop borrowing to pay taxpayer refunds is a credit positive, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Massachusetts local, regional and agency public pension systems should transfer their assets to the state-run PRIM board, said a Pioneer Institute report.

A judge in Lackawanna County, Pa., cleared distressed city Scranton to triple its local services tax.

Officials from New York’s MTA have discussed delays to the reconstruction of the No. 1 Cortlandt Street station – destroyed on 9/11 – with contractor Judlau.