Northeast

New Jersey is juggling two different underwriting-selection processes as it prepares for a new-money Transportation Trust Fund Authority deal and a general obligation refinancing.

Those looking for more Philadelphia Eagles post-game commentary from Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell may get it after he leaves office in January, but before then he must finalize a tough fiscal 2011 budget and fill a $472.5 million transportation funding gap for next year.

A new law heading to Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri’s desk for his signature is intended to bring the insolvent city of Central Falls out of receivership and under a new state oversight regime.

Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri said on Friday he would allow the General Assembly’s $7.8 billion fiscal 2011 budget to become law without his signature.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority Wednesday will issue $151 million of taxable qualified school construction bonds secured by a subordinate lien on dedicated sales tax revenue.

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants ideas on how to create a new credit with revenue streams enacted in last year’s state bailout, according to its first request for proposals for underwriting services in five years.

The New York City Capital Resource Corp. yesterday approved a $17 million recovery zone facility bond deal to partially finance the construction of a medical office building in Queens.

New York City budget director Mark Page yesterday faced sharp questions over spending and budget cuts at the City Council’s final hearing for the fiscal 2011 budget.

Newark, the largest city in New Jersey, Wednesday will sell $175.3 million of debt via competitive bid in its first new-money general obligation bond sale in several years.

The New York City Capital Resource Corp. tomorrow will consider a Harlem hotel project to use the remainder of its recovery zone facility bond allocation.