Northeast

New York City’s participation in the green bonds would provide a huge momentum boost for an emerging financial tool, said climate change expert Alan Rubin.

Puerto Rico employment went up for the sixth consecutive month in March.

New York's Suffolk County is planning a 2016 capital budget that lessens borrowing thanks to state and federal assistance.

Connecticut's projected general fund deficit is $121.2 million, nearly $12 million better than last month, said budget director Benjamin Barnes.

The limited federal reimbursement to Massachusetts to cover winter storm-related deficits is a credit negative for its local governments, according to Moody’s.

Major revenue collections in New Jersey are up so far in 2015 compared to the previous year, according to State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff

The market for green bonds is expanding exponentially and New York City should tap it for multiple benefits, said city Comptroller Scott Stringer.

New Jersey's Atlantic County led U.S. metropolitan areas in foreclosures during the first quarter of 2015, according to new data.

New Jersey's credit rating was cut one notch with a negative outlook by Moody's Investors Service, which cited the state's budget and pension funding struggles.

New York State and New York City comptrollers Thomas DiNapoli and Scott Stringer, respectively, called on the SEC to compel fossil fuel industry companies to better disclosure climate change material risks