Northeast

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is working to expedite New York City airport capital projects.

Standard & Poor's raised its general obligation rating for Springfield, Mass., to AA-minus from A, with a stable outlook.

Remarketing $700 million of variable-rate debt last year has helped New York's MTA position itself in a volatile market, finance director Patrick McCoy said.

Massachusetts will advance its timetable by four years to 2036 for fully funding its pension system, under the budget Gov. Deval Patrick's administration has proposed.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio implored state lawmakers to approve his universal pre-kindergarten proposal through a tax on the city's wealthiest citizens.

Audits of two MTA commuter lines found they failed to properly manage overtime paid by funds from federal stimulus funds, said a state comptroller's report.

Blank Rome LLP's public finance team is joining Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC in Philadelphia, becoming the firm's only public finance attorneys based in the city, officials said.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority will receive $886 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to further its post-Hurricane Sandy Repairs.

The board of Pennsylvania's pension fund system recommended hiring Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel to examine allegations against former CIO Anthony Clark.

Pennsylvania's intercept program that enforces the payment of school district bonds is a positive for investors, Janney Capital Markets said in a report.