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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he would rather Atlantic City file for bankruptcy than send more money to the gambling hub, and will let the city file if lawmakers don’t approve the rescue bill he supports.

One of the largest municipal market deals of 2016 will help the $4 billion overhaul of New York City’s LaGuardia Airport take wing.

New York City on Thursday announced new underwriting syndicates for its bond sales and those of the Transitional Finance Authority and Municipal Water Finance Authority. The city said the selections represent an increase to 31% in the share of minority and women-owned business enterprises assigned on a rotating basis as book-running senior managers.

New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, said Wednesday state intervention is the only solution to solve Atlantic City’s fiscal crisis as a result of the city’s failure to confront its financial mismanagement.

Atlantic City, N.J., averted default Monday by making a $1.8 million debt service payment, but it’s far from certain the struggling city can make other such payments this year.

Columbia University recently issued $50 million in green bonds through the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) that will fund construction of a new science center for the Ivy League school’s Manhattanville campus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday.

The developer of New Jersey’s long-stalled American Dream project in the Meadowlands may turn to tax-exempt bonds from an out-of-state conduit issuer for the shopping and entertainment complex.

As Pennsylvania lawmakers debate Gov. Tom Wolf's proposed $32 billion fiscal 2017 spending plan, many municipal analysts view the state's prospects in a negative light.

Glenn Straub, owner of Atlantic City’s shuttered Revel Casino Hotel, is planning a new ropes course in the 47-story resort.

The New York State Thruway Authority is planning an $850 million bond sale in early May to aid the construction of an estimated $5 billion new Tappan Zee Bridge.