S&P Global Ratings assigned its 'SP-1+' short-term rating to Hudson County Improvement Authority, N.J.'s roughly $36.9 million series 2024A county-guaranteed pool notes. At the same time, S&P Global Ratings assigned its 'SP-1+' short-term rating to Hudson County, N.J.'s roughly $140.6 million series 2024 bond anticipation notes (BANs). In addition, we affirmed our 'SP-1+' short-term rating on the authority's existing county-guaranteed pool notes. Finally, we affirmed our 'AA' long-term rating on Hudson County's general obligation (GO) debt and county-guaranteed GO-backed debt, previously issued by the Hudson County Improvement Authority. The outlook on all long-term ratings is stable. Hudson County's full-faith-and-credit pledge to pay principal and interest from the levy and collection of ad valorem taxes, without limit as to rate or amount,