Northeast

RuthAnne Visnauskas will succeed Mathew Wambua as New York City Department of Housing Prevention and Development commissioner.

Connecticut on Wednesday launched a nonprofit grant program, a state bond pool earmarked for community-based organizations that provide health and human services through contracts or agreements with state agencies.

Foundations and financial institutions are providing more than $2.6 million in private funding to support the recovery from Hurricane Sandy in New York City.

Old or forgotten money might be waiting for schools to claim at the Pennsylvania Treasury, state Treasurer Rob McCord said Tuesday.

A federal judge dismissed part of a suit by Providence, R.I., against actuary Buck Consultants alleging an accounting error that officials said cost the city $10.8 million.

Moody's downgraded Bridgeport, Conn.'s general obligation rating to A2 from A1 Monday afternoon and revised the outlook to negative from stable.

Maine Democratic leaders and Republican Gov. Paul LePage have agreed to issue $150 million in new bonds.

Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market received a $10 million federal TIGER grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for freight rail improvements.

Almost 10 months after Hurricane Sandy battered coastal New York and New Jersey, storm-struck municipal and county governments are still trying to regain their financial footing.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane plans to investigate incinerator bond financing deals that crippled capital city Harrisburg, her office confirmed.