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The declaration could expedite contracting for repairs at NYCHA units through limited city use of design-build project delivery.

"We have to find new solutions," said Partnership for New York president Kathryn Wylde.

Inaction, significant new debt and failure to control labor costs and other cost drivers could pose major bondholder risks, says a Gurtin report.

New York City Council member Robert Cornegy Jr. called the city administration's management of public housing incompetent.

A provision in the New York governor's budget plan would enable the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to create tax increment financing districts in New York City.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan has drawn strong positive and negative reactions.

City officials intend to fight language that they say would put the city on the hook for emergency repairs by the state-run MTA.

Key variables include how Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the MTA would use the roughly $1 billion projected for mass transit, New York City's role and how Albany would tweak the measure.

While dodging the actual phrase, Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggested now is the time to seriously consider a tolling plan to fund subway and street repair in New York City.

Skeptics question whether the MTA can deliver on time and on budget after it fumbled other big projects.

The authority, which runs New York City's subways and buses, faces uncertainty about external funding and its bonding options.

Variables range from the effect of the federal tax bill on advance bond refundings to external support for a subway improvement plan.

Regional Plan Association's far-reaching ideas for New York-area transit overhaul struck some nerves, and president Tom Wright welcomes the debate.

The governors of California, New York and New Jersey said they would challenge the Republican tax bills in court if they pass.

The Citizens Budget Commission says deficits could compromise Chairman Joseph Lhota's subway improvement plan.

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

Republicans in California fail to join those in New York and New Jersey to protect SALT deduction.

The subway-improvement plan for New York triggered pushback from board members who say Gov. Andrew Cuomo is overreaching.

Adequate funding for transit is a heightened focus, says Nick Sifuentes, the new chief of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.

The plan would toll East River bridges and charge motorists within certain parts of Manhattan, with an eye on funding transit.