Northeast

Former Metro-North Railroad president Howard Permut is joining Regional Plan Association as a senior fellow.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey staff are proposing that it spend $320 million for the redevelopment of the Greenville Yard Marine Terminal in Jersey City.

Standard & Poor's raised Erie County, N.Y.'s general obligation rating to AA-minus from A-minus on strong budgetary performance.

Moments after Janney Capital Markets cited "cracks" in the foundation of state credit quality nationwide, Pennsylvania said it would have to loan money to itself to keep running.

New York City's three library systems have at least $1.1 billion in capital needs with 59 branches requiring $5 million or more in maintenance, said a report.

Pennsylvania's House Urban Affairs Committee approved a bill that would enable capital city Harrisburg to develop vacant, desolate, underused or abandoned space.

Massachusetts begins a three-day retail order period for $350 million of general obligation environmental green bonds in a week in which it also has a $330 million GO refunding on the calendar.

Despite a significant restructuring of operations and finances in the wake of its poor performance after Hurricane Sandy, the Long Island Power Authority's debt load is rising.

The Queens Library board agreed to cooperate with New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer's audit and placed embattled CEO Thomas Galante on leave.

The New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. approved $370 million in loans for wastewater improvements in New York City.