Yankees, Mets Beat the IRS

Following up on The Politicker’s tip that the Mets-Yankees bond issues won The Bond Buyer‘s deal of the year award at a black-tie gala on Tuesday night, we called up the editor-in-chief, Nicholas Chesla, to ask why.

There seemed to be a demonstrated degree of cooperation among different levels of government in these Read More

Deal of the Year

Last night, The Bond Buyer — “the daily newspaper of public finance published by SourceMedia” — gave its Deal of the Year Award to the New York City Industrial Development Agency for the city’s $1.59 billion bond sale to pay for new stadiums for the Mets and Yankees.

The plan “best met the criteria Read More