Northeast

The Harrisburg City Council OK'd a $270 million parking-asset lease that is one of two lynchpins to the financial recovery plan in Pennsylvania's capital city.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Dutchess County, N.Y. general obligation rating to Aa2 from Aa1 on Nov. 8, affecting $108 million in debt.

Philadelphia charter schools face growing credit risks, Standard & Poor's reports.

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the New York Thruway Authority's senior lien bonds to A2 from A1.

Scranton., Pa., risks default as it faces a $20 million budget gap and a further $28 million to settle a pension award with a Friday deadline to introduce its budget, according to Moody's.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reached a financial closing on a $1.5 billion P3 to replace the Goethals Bridge with a cable stayed design bridge.

By most measures the wealthiest of states, Connecticut has faced big economic challenges post-recession, Janney Capital Markets said in a report on the state's debt.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority intends to sell $375 million of new money bonds on Wednesday, after a one-day retail order period.

The State University of New York promised to restore ambulance service to Brooklyn's Long Island College Hospital on Friday after opponents of the facility's closure threatened legal action, arguing the cancellation violated a Sept. 4 court order.

Here is some advice to issuer's counsel regarding their role in bond issues.