Paul Burton is the Northeast Regional Editor for The Bond Buyer. His major coverage has included New York City and MTA finances; the Harrisburg, Pa., debt crisis; the 38 Studios bond financing fiasco in Rhode Island; and unfunded pension liability. Paul hosts podcasts and videos and has moderated at Bond Buyer conferences. Previously, Paul was senior editor and copy chief at M&A-oriented financial media company The Deal LLC. His award-winning career has spanned financial, sports and political journalism. A Boston native, Paul is the author of the book “Tales from the Newsrooms.” He is a frequent public speaker and has appeared as an expert on municipal debt on radio and television shows, including former CBS News White House correspondent Sharyl Attkisson’s public-affairs program, “Full Measure.”
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Lee Igel of New York University's Tisch Institute for Global Sport explores what's behind the mad scramble among states to legalize sports betting. Paul Burton hosts. (15 minutes)
By Paul BurtonFebruary 2 -
New Hampshire wants the Supreme Court to hear its challenge to income taxes its neighbor levies on employees who began working from home during the pandemic.
By Paul BurtonJanuary 29 -
Rising state-supported debt and sidestepping best practices alarm the comptroller.
By Paul BurtonJanuary 28 -
The public finance veteran was recently special counsel at McCarter & English.
By Paul BurtonJanuary 26 -
Nicole Gelinas of the Manhattan Institute explores New York MTA's structural deficits, a capital program on hold and federal rescue needs while ridership has cratered during the pandemic. Paul Burton and Andrew Coen host (21 minutes). Recorded Jan. 4.
By Paul BurtonJanuary 26 -
Dovetailing on President Biden's clean-energy initiatives, the Employees’ Retirement System and Teachers’ Retirement System voted for the divestments.
By Paul BurtonJanuary 26 -
The bistate agency intends to fund a build-in-place Manhattan terminal with capital funds, air rights, PILOT payments and federal backing.
By Paul BurtonJanuary 25 -
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York’s legislature may agree on the concept of online sports betting, but a fight lurks over the winners and losers of implementation.
By Paul BurtonJanuary 22 -
While federal funds enabled the transit authority to sidestep fare hikes for now, it faces a raft of pandemic-related variables and state budget uncertainty.
By Paul BurtonJanuary 22 -
Skeptics ask whether New York's governor is overplaying the Washington hand and how the state can improve its own lot.
By Paul BurtonJanuary 20