LONG TIME COMINโ€™: Rockland bonds make the S&P A grade

LONG TIME COMINโ€™: Rockland bonds make the S&P A grade

Standard and Poorโ€™s rated announced another upgrade in Rocklandโ€™s bond ratings this week, grading the countyโ€™s debt in the A category for the first time in several years. It is the countyโ€™s sixth consecutive bond upgrade since 2014. Rocklandโ€™s bonds were rated just above junk at that time and the deficit tab reached $138 million. [โ€ฆ]

Rockland Sets Poor Standard

Standard and Poorโ€™s joined Moodyโ€™s Investors Service in dropping Rockland Countyโ€™s credit rating level on Friday, June 29, putting the county at just above junk status. In May, Moodyโ€™s Investors Service dropped Rockland and made it their lowest-rated county in all of New York. Standard and Poorโ€™s reps said they chose to make the move because [โ€ฆ]