Northeast

New York City's Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corp. plans to sell $2 billion of tax-exempt, fixed-rate bonds on Sept. 23 after a two-day retail order period.

Cost increases to Pennsylvania's two primary pension systems are unsustainable and figure to rise by more than $600 million in 2014 and 2015, said revenue Secretary Dan Meuser.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer called on Congress to reauthorize the federal Export-Import Bank, citing its benefits to the local economy.

Mount Sinai and NYU Langone became the first hospitals to advertise on MetroCards, New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.

Kenneth Schuhmacher, former general counsel and commercial director of Skanska Infrastructure Development North America, joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

The New York Transit Museum will host a discussion on bus rapid transit expansion plans in New York City's demographically changing outer boroughs on Sept. 10.

Rhode Island ended fiscal 2014 with a $68 million general fund surplus, said Gov. Lincoln Chafee.

The opening of Greater Boston's first new subway station in 27 years is a credit positive for Somerville, Mass., said Moody's Investors Service.

The National Civil War Museum spends nearly two-thirds of its funding from hotel tax revenues on salaries, said Harrisburg, Pa., Mayor Eric Papenfuse.

Metro-North Railroad's emphasis on on-time performance worsened the safety culture at the commuter rail line, said a report commissioned by New York's MTA.