Northeast

The board of the recently created Connecticut Airport Authority has hired Bridgeport law firm Pullman & Comley LLC as general counsel for one year.

The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority on Tuesday plans to competitively sell $47.8 million of Connecticut State University System revenue refunding bonds, Series L.

Harrisburg, Pa., will skip $5.3 million in general obligation bond payments due March 15, its state-appointed receiver said Friday.

WASHINGTON — Maryland issued $738.4 million of general obligation bonds this week, achieving its second-lowest interest rate since 1988, according to Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp.

Following a report that said it pays a lot more to New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority that it gets in service, Rockland County, N.Y., officials have begun to explore a withdrawal from the MTA.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority intends to sell $502.2 million of fiscal 2012 Series EE second resolution, fixed-rate, tax-exempt bonds on Tuesday.

The New York Mets' owners must pay as much as $83.3 million to a trustee in advance of a trial to determine the team's level of involvement in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority will go to market armed with a creative tool: the floating-rate note.

Connecticut will end fiscal 2012 with a general fund deficit of $20.7 million, according to Comptroller Kevin Lembo.

Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo scheduled regional meetings designed to educate public employees about how the Rhode Island Retirement Security Act of 2011 will affect their retirement eligibility and pension benefits, as well as extended hours for retirement counselors.