Northeast

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority sold $662 million of second-resolution, fixed-rate, tax-exempt new-money and refunding bonds in a sale that was upsized from an initial $450 million.

The New York City Regional Economic Development Council is seeking proposals for projects it could recommend as priorities for the second round of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's regional council initiative.

Both Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's have revised their outlooks on New Jersey's junk-rated Palisades Medical Center to positive from stable.

Attorneys representing various public-sector employees argue in Rhode Island Superior Court that the reversal of signed contracts was illegally unilateral.

The New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. will sell $312 million of refunding bonds for the New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority this week for an estimated $46 million in savings.

The Maryland Board of Public Works approved the sale of $790.3 million of general obligation bonds. The bonds will be sold in five series and finance a variety of capital projects, such as schools and hospitals.

Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty sued the city council, urging a Lackawanna County, Pa., court to force a recovery plan to keep his city from going broke.

Boston has the nation's oldest public transportation system, and the most leveraged. So far, one-shot measures have filled shortfall's but critics complain.

Pennsylvania lawmakers pass a bill to help distressed cities deal with arbitration awards.

The DASNY board approved $1.1 billion in financings for higher education and health care institutions at its board meeting on Wednesday, including a $600 million bond sale for New York school districts.