Northeast

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority has planned a $435 million sale of new money bonds on Tuesday, after a one-day retail order period.

Battered by Hurricane Sandy, New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority may be on the hook for an estimated $950 million, even after reimbursements.

Moody's has placed New York University Hospitals Center's A3 bond rating under review, after the continued closure of Tisch Hospital following Hurricane Sandy.

Following a downgrade from Fitch Ratings, Burlington, Vt., is planning to sell $26.4 million of airport refunding revenue bonds this week.

Saratoga Housing Authority’s spending controls are too lax, according to an audit released by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino released a proposed $1.7 billion budget for 2013 that does not raise taxes, marking the third consecutive year that the budget has reduced or kept flat the county’s tax levy.

New York City Comptroller John Liu said an audit of the city’s Department of Environmental Protection’s Bowery Bay water pollution control project in Queens determined that a consultant’s design errors and omissions had cost the city an extra $6.6 million, but the agency made little or no effort to recoup the money for the city.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority sold $914.8 million of subordinate fixed-rate bonds on Thursday.

The University of Connecticut on Tuesday issued $88 million of UConn2000 Series 2012A special obligation student fee revenue refunding bonds, with an all-in true interest cost of 2.48%.

Will the proposed tourist ferris wheel for Staten Island be a game-changer for New York City's forgotten borough, or are officials spinning their wheels?