For Release: Immediate, Tuesday, January 2, 2001

DASNY: Most-Frequent Bond Issuer in 2000

The financial newspaper The Bond Buyer reported today that the Dormitory Authority went to market for its clients more often than any other municipal issuer in the country during the year 2000.

Statistics published in The Bond Buyer showed that the Authority sold 37 bond issues during the year, followed by the California Housing Finance Authority with 29 issues, the city of Chicago, Ill., with 25 and the state of California with 11.

In terms of dollar volume, the Dormitory Authority remained one of the top issuers in the nation. The Bond Buyer rankings showed the following:

Rank	Issuer	Amount (in $000’s)	Issues
1	California (state)	$3,956,900	11
2	Massachusetts (commonwealth)	3,055,000	7
3	New York State Dormitory Authority	2,414,700	37
4	Chicago, Ill.	1,969,400	25
5	New Jersey Turnpike Authority	1,867,400	4
6	New York City	1,782,400	7
7	New Jersey Transit Corporation	1,773,000	4
8	New York City Transitional Finance Authority	1,732,600	6
9	Illinois (state)	1,637,100	8
10	California Housing Finance Agency	1,571,300	29

Notes: Dollar amounts are in thousands of dollars. Rankings are preliminary and subject to revision. Short-term notes maturing in under 13 months, private placements, and bonds sold by private nonprofit electric cooperatives are excluded. Source: Securities Data Co. (12/29/00)

For further information, contact Press Officer Claudia Hutton at 518-257-3382 or at CHutton@dasny.org.

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