Obituaries

City officials and muni leaders remembered him as a passionate force behind bond issuance and a champion of career initiatives for youths.

Brodsky, who died of suspected complications from COVID-19, is remembered as a tenacious public official and a skilled debater.

He served a third of his career as a senior managing director of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group, a role from which he retired in June 2019.

Smith, who headed the restructuring practice at Chicago-based McDermott Will & Emery, worked on nearly every major muni bankruptcy of the past 20 years.

Spiotto, considered the "dean of municipal restructuring," died suddenly on Thursday.

He is remembered for the personal touch he brought as a high-ranking executive at one of the nation's oldest mass-transit agencies.

Ted Palatucci was a U.S. Navy veteran who went on to a long career in the municipal bond industry, most recently at Andres Capital Management.

Paul Burton and John Hallacy examine the legacy of Felix Rohatyn, a driving force behind New York City's recovery from near-bankruptcy, and lessons learned from the 1970s crisis.

Those who knew her described her as driven and compassionate, crediting her with helping to launch the careers of countless muni professionals.

New York financial leaders remember Felix Rohatyn, who died Saturday, as the driving force behind the city's recovery from near-bankruptcy in the 1970s.