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Posted in Credit Ratings Investing Issuers New York State Rating Agencies

S&P Cuts Tobacco Bond Ratings

October 25, 2019 – S&P Global Ratings downgraded 67 tobacco bond CUSIPs yesterday, citing weak cigarette sales and declining credit…

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Posted in Credit Ratings Issuers New York State Transportation Finance

[Opinion] Moody’s Thinks Taxing the Rich Will Save New York’s MTA. There Is One Crack To This Argument.

August 8, 2019 – In a report issued today, Moody’s Investor Service laid out an argument in favor of New…

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Posted in Economic Development Education Issuers New York State

How Governor Cuomo’s Free College Tuition Program Is Destroying New York’s Private Colleges

July 22, 2019 – Bloomberg’s Amanda Albright reported how New York’s free college tuition plan “tore a hole in the…