Standard&Poor's Ratings Services confirmed the short-term component of its 'AA+/A-1' rating on New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority's fiscal 2009 series BB, subseries BB-2 second general resolution water and sewer system revenue bonds, due to the bank facility being extended to Aug. 5, 2016. The long-term component of the rating is based on the rating on the obligor, New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority. The short-term component of the rating is based on the rating on the liquidity facility provider, Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale (A-1). The stable outlook, applicable solely to the long-term component of the rating, is based on the outlook on the obligor. USPF Criteria: Bank Liquidity Facilities, June 22, 2007