Northeast

As part of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $27 billion five-year capital program, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced plans for the renovation of 31 subway stations across New York City and unveiled a totally new design for the 1,025 subway cars that are on tap to be bought by the agency.

The MBTA, which operates mass transit in Greater Boston, has issued a request for qualifications regarding an automated fare collection system.

After passage of a $31.5 billion budget, S&P Global Ratings removed Pennsylvania from credit watch with negative implications.

Jersey City, N.J., has granted a 30-year tax break to jump-start part of an expansion to New Jersey City University.

Pennsylvania's fiscal 2017 budget makes progress on, but does not fully resolve the commonwealth's sizable structural budget gap, according to Fitch Ratings.

Rochester, N.Y., appears to have turned a fiscal corner even as it manages through the decline of two large employers that once formed the bedrock of the city’s economy and identity.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will be coming to market on Tuesday with its first competitive deals in at least 15 years when it puts up for bid two sales tax and assessment refinancing transactions totaling about $344.2 million.

The New York City Economic Development Corp. on Thursday picked the Lowline team to create the world’s first underground park on the Lower East Side, using solar technology to transform the abandoned Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal under Delancey Street into a one-acre cultural space set to be opened to the public in 2021.

New York’s Nassau County saw an $8.1 million increase in sales tax revenue for the first half of the year and is on pace to exceed budget projections, according to Comptroller George Maragos.

Gov. Tom Wolf signed a $31.5 billion budget after lawmakers filled a $1.3 billion gap through a patchwork of tax hikes and revenue assumptions.