Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- New York, the most populous U.S. city, will sell $800 million of general-obligation bonds as soon as next week to refinance debt, the Office of Management and Budget said in an e-mail statement.

Morgan Stanley, the underwriter, will begin taking orders from individual buyers on Feb. 21. Institutional pricing is set to begin Feb. 23.

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