New York City Comptroller Brad Lander poured cold water on Mayor Eric Adams’s proposal to issue municipal bonds backed by Bitcoin bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Novel concept.... Billionaire Joe Mansueto is using his fortune to build a new stadium for his Chicago soccer team bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

When a $4 billion development project soured in a sleepy Connecticut town, the lawsuits followed. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Another tale from #Muniland . A place where commissioners at a local housing authority can approve a $750 million municipal bond for a $4 billion real estate development in minutes. The deal collapsed helping to reveal an alleged ponzi scheme bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Covering the intersection of schmaltz and #municipalbonds bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Spoiler Alert: State approval needed Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist polling second in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, is proposing to take on tens of billions of debt to finance affordable housing construction bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Not everyone on Wall Street is freaking out--Yet with sri taylor bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

My file keeps landing on someone's desk

Municipal bonds are poised to recover from their worst half relative to US Treasuries in five years as juicy yields and cheap valuations attract buyers bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The high-speed train running from Miami to Orlando was lauded as an alternative vision for the future of US rail travel. But the privately-funded Brightline has investors nervous bloomberg.com/news/articles/… with Eliza Ronalds-Hannon and Reshmi Basu

RIP Chuck Mangione, Flower City Legend and Rochester's unofficial anthem - Feels So Good (Nana's Journey Into Song, March 8th, 1979) youtu.be/ZOtxTyJmxVI?si… via YouTube

A tax court judge cut the assessed value of New Jersey’s American Dream mega mall by $850 million on Thursday, the latest reduction that brings the property’s valuation down about 50% this year. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The company building a high-speed passenger railroad between Southern California and Las Vegas plans to raise cash through borrowing and the sale of equity as construction costs increase bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Junk munis promise yield, but Easterly fund’s crash highlights the danger of investing in a risky corner of the market bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: The price tag for building a private high-speed passenger railroad from Southern California to Las Vegas has swelled by nearly 35% bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

TAX HIKES loom for New Yorkers no matter who becomes mayor: Several lawmakers say they're inevitable as NY braces for billions in federal cuts under Trump’s new budget law. That could complicate Mamdani’s plan to to fund his progressive agenda: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

New York state’s projected budget deficit narrowed by more than $3 billion, as the state expects a record-breaking stock market and improved outlook for Wall Street bonuses bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, and a business-backed budget watchdog agree: government should deliver high-quality services. Where they differ is whether to raise taxes on the rich and businesses to do it. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Maybe Lina Khan can start by looking at NYC's $11.5 billion+ in no-bid contracts

RIP our wonderful brother Mani. The greatest bass player and friend we could ever have wished for. X