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The New York City Council’s Finance Committee held a public hearing at City Hall on Wednesday to hear comments about creating a new business improvement district in Queens called the Greater JFK BID.

Atlantic City is close to violating one of the terms in a $73 million state loan agreement and is asking for a reprieve.

New York State lacks long-term planning for addressing its infrastructure challenges, leading engineers said during a recent panel discussion.

Four investment management firms received awards from New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer for diversity initiatives on behalf of city pension funds.

Lower Manhattan has come back from the 9/11 attacks with a much larger population than it had before, creating new capital spending challenges for New York City.

The termination of New Jersey’s tax reciprocity agreement with Pennsylvania is a credit positive for the Garden State due to $180 million in estimated new annual revenue that will be generated, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Municipal bonds played a key role in New York City’s rebound from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

Admitting its budget imbalance problem is Connecticut's first step to reversing bond rating downgrades, said state Comptroller Kevin Lembo.

Jefferies said it received good demand for the $292.26 million of tobacco settlement pass-through bonds it priced for the New York Counties Tobacco Trust VI.

Nearly two years after the opening of One World Trade Center, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey may soon be looking to sell the Manhattan landmark as part of a shift toward a more transportation focus.