Northeast

New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney said Monday that he would submit state legislation that would prop up Atlantic City financially.

Comptroller Scott Stringer and the New York City Pension Funds have launched an initiative to enable shareowners to nominate directors at U.S. companies using the corporate ballot.

Opinion over how to use an abandoned 3-1/2 mile rail corridor in New York City's Queens borough is as diverse as the neighborhoods within its reach, according to a study.

Time limits to the length of stays in Pennsylvania's distressed-municipalities program will have a mixed effect on Keystone State cities' credits, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Rhode Island has repaid funds the state borrowed to cover unemployment insurance benefit payments, Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced in Cranston on Nov. 10.

Standard & Poor's dropped its outlook on Vermont's AA-plus general obligation rating to stable from positive on Monday, citing lagging economic growth.

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority has issued nearly $600 million this year, after its recent $58 million sale of mortgage finance program bonds.

New York's MTA unveiled the new Fulton Center complex in lower Manhattan. The $1.4 billion project was conceived after Sept. 11.

Debate resonates in New York City's Queens borough over how to best use a 3-1/2 mile abandoned rail corridor.

Fate of Maryland's $2.45 billion Purple Line light rail P3 is in the hands of Gov.-Elect Larry Hogan, an avowed foe of transit projects.