Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Underwriters priced the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2.2 billion advance refunding deal for institutions on Tuesday. In secondary trading, municipals turned weaker.

Underwriters priced the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2.2 billion advance refunding deal for institutions on Tuesday. The green bonds were offered to retail buyers on Monday, who ordered about $770 million of the bonds, according to a market source.

The MTA offered $2.2 billion of green bonds to retail buyers, looking to save on borrowing costs with a type of sale that may be banned under pending tax legislation.

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2.2 billion deal was offered to retail buyers. In secondary trading, municipals were trading mixed at mid-session.

With the future of advance refundings and private activity bonds up in the air, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has decided to take action and advance refund debt while they still can. Given the uncertainty, the MTA’s move could be repeated by many other issuers in position to do so, elevating issuance for the rest of the year.

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority heads to market on Monday with the week’s biggest deal — a $2 billion green bond offering.

Muni volume gets a boost during the Thanksgiving holiday week as one of the nation's biggest issuers comes to market with a type of deal that may be banned after this year under pending tax reform legislation.

New York's MTA is pouring its capital into projects that don't reflect population growth, says a Manhattan Institute report.

Although New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has invested more than $120 billion in capital improvements since 1982, the pace of investment has not kept up with the need.

The new system would feature enhanced technology and integrate across all the authority's subway, bus and commuter rail units.