Northeast

Navjeet Bal will join law firm Nixon Peabody LLP as counsel on Oct. 3, but the outgoing Massachusetts revenue commissioner is no stranger to private practice, having worked in the public finance group of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC for 17 years.

New York City plans to issue $650 million of new-money general obligation bonds next week, followed by additional transactions in October to restructure its variable-rate portfolio.

The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority plans to sell $260 million of fixed-rate, tax-exempt Series A revenue bonds for Hartford HealthCare Corp. on Thursday, following a one-day retail order period.

Armed with an upgrade, Massachusetts will go to market Wednesday with $475 million of general obligation bonds.

North Kingstown voters rejected two bond measures while authorizing the sale of a vacant school in a referendum where turnout was low.

The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority sold $451 million of second-resolution, fixed-rate tax-exempt bonds in its first-ever competitive sale.

Raudline Etienne resigned as chief investment officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, a position she has held since March 2008.

Susan Urahn, managing director for the Pew Center on the States, and New Jersey Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff will be the keynote speakers at a forum about state pension issues on Sept. 30 at Rutgers University in Newark.

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley approved the sale of bankrupt nonprofit Quincy Medical Center to for-profit Steward Health Care System LLC, while imposing many conditions.

The Massachusetts Senate approved an overhaul of the state’s pension system on Thursday after a debate that divided majority Democrats uneasy about offending their political base.