NY -- Standard&Poor's CreditWire 3/9/98 -- Standard&Poor's today assigned its triple-'B'-plus rating to New York City's $600 million G.O. bonds series 1998H dated April 1, 1998 due July 31, 2028. At the same time, Standard&Poor's affirmed its triple-'B'-plus rating on the city's following debt: -- $23.943 billion G.O. bonds, -- $1.774 billion G.O. taxable bonds, -- $77.775 million short rites fiscal 1993 series B and C, and -- $388 million G.O. taxable euronotes. New York City's G.O. rating remains on CreditWatch with positive implications where it was placed on Feb. 3, 1998. The G.O. rating reflects: -- A broad stable economic base that, while performing well over the past few years -- reflecting the
