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Alisha Fulcher of East West Bank says her bank looks forward to partnering with NYC and creating a bigger impact in the communities it serves.

Willie Blalock of City National Bank in New Jersey talks about the value of minority banks.

MWBE University is a program developed by NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer to aid businesses owned and operated by women and people of color.

Iowa's PEFA gas deal and North Carolina GARVEEs lead the way.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio with his wife Chirlane McCray by his side speaks to the press in lower Manhattan on Thursday.

Market participants have a lot of issues to cover this week at the Smart Cities annual conference — climate change and resiliency, AI, cybersecurity and more.

Assured Guaranty CEO Dominic Frederico said at the recent AFGI Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Risk Summit that "the open disregard of law" among public officials in Puerto Rico "could give public officials elsewhere reasons to believe they could escape their obligations."

James Spiotto, Managing Director at Chapman Strategic Advisors, explains why he believes U.S. district court Judge Swain's decision on special revenue bonds was wrong, and the impact it may have on revenue bond issuance, at the recent AFGI Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Risk Summit.

KBRA senior managing director William Cox, when discussing lessons learned from the Puerto Rico debt crisis at the recent AFGI Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Risk Summit, noted that the behavior of management sends "strong signals regarding credit character," in this case "chronically late financial statements."

At the recent AFGI Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Risk Summit, Matt Fabian, partner and lead analyst at Municipal Market Analytics, noted that investors "would like to have more distinguishing between credits, but market realities limit their ability to do so."