State of New York

Fitch follows Moody's in revising the Empire State's debt to negative from stable.

New York’s new state budget provides flexibility to deal with near-term revenue hits from COVID-19, but it has little bandwidth to withstand a deep recession.

Lawmakers approved a 2021 fiscal plan with mechanisms for spending reductions throughout the year because of economic headwinds caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Negative outlooks trigger questions about other reeling areas in the capital markets crosshairs.

The rating agency expects a 'sudden and severe decline in the city's sales and income taxes' as a hit to the city's budget and economy from the coronavirus crisis.

Lawmakers missed a March 31 deadline to pass an on-time fiscal 2021 spending plan and officials said that the finalized budget might have $10 billion less in state funding to account for expected losses in tax revenues.

Municipal bond issuance was $67.88 billion after the first two months of 2020 and was on pace to easily eclipse the $400 billion mark — then COVID-19 completely turned the market upside down.

He is maintaining his full schedule and working at home, authority officials said.

The rating agency, citing severe ridership drops from COVID-19, dropped its rating to A-minus from A. It assigns a negative outlook.

Despite rising 3% in 2019, DiNapoli expects bonuses to drop this year.