Thomas Nocera joined The Bond Buyer in 2022 to cover the Northeast region. He began his career in local journalism, covering crime, politics, business, and the culture of New York City's most populous borough, Brooklyn. During the pandemic, Thomas covered the national healthcare industry for the Guardian News and later worked with the GroundTruth Foundation to report on protest movements in New York in addition to the state of a federally managed refugee resettlement program struggling in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Thomas received a masters degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and is a former fellow of the Overseas Press Club Foundation.
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The funds will be used to restore running water in counties still grappling with infrastructure damage wrought by July's flash floods, Gov. Andy Beshear said.
December 2 -
Atlanta's first foray into ESG bonds was a resounding success, according to local officials who said investors welcomed the city's inaugural social bonds.
December 1 -
An increase in the volume of tax-exempt bond deals for long-term, fixed-priced natural gas contracts may signal a turnaround in the prepaid energy market.
November 30 -
Debt placed through conduit Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corp. will accelerate repairs at the Paul Cuffee School, a high school in Providence.
November 29 -
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey expects its bottom line to return to pre-pandemic levels in fiscal year 2023, according to its recently announced budget.
November 23 -
Local officials will now be able to access to revenue from a special tax levy previously reserved only for bonded debt to pay for capital improvements.
November 22 -
The agreement has the potential to ease pressure on $1.7 billion of separate tax-exempt bond debt taken on to finance the massive mall and entertainment venue.
November 18 -
The upgrades follow Fitch's upgrade of Morgan Stanley, the guarantor to the gas supplier in all of the transactions.
November 16 -
Annual contributions to the General Reserve Fund will increase to 7% of the previous year's revenue from the current rate of 5%.
November 15 -
When Douglas Goldmacher, a Long Island native, graduated from the University of Rochester in 2011, a career in municipal finances wasn't on his mind.
November 14