Bob Hennelly

The criminal complaint against city Comptroller's John Liu's campaign treasurer, Jenny Hou, on fraud and obstruction charges offers a detailed account of the alleged conspiracy that could land the 25-year old in jail for 60 years.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Monday he has no apologies for an intelligence program that has been monitoring Muslims — in same cases outside the city — and has no plans to let up despite criticisms from lawmakers in New Jersey who are concerned that the department kept tabs on communities in the state.

Bob Hennelly, WNYC senior reporter, discusses calls for an investigation into the NYPD surveillance operations in New Jersey. Plus, former New Jersey Governor Richard Codey explains executive orders he issued in 2005 that may or may not have allowed for certain kinds of NYPD operations in New Jersey. 

The fallout continues after reports this week that the NYPD launched a massive surveillance program targeting Muslim students on college campuses across throughout the Northeast. The story was first broken earlier this week by the Associated Press which reported that the NYPD has kept a close watch on Muslim student groups — including tracking which websites they visited, monitoring speakers at events, and sending an undercover officer on a whitewater rafting trip attended by Muslim students. 

Calls are mounting for a federal investigation of the NYPD's secret surveillance of mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in Newark. New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez and Representativ...

WNYC senior reporter Bob Hennelly discusses Gov. Christie's budget proposal as well as how Federal budget cuts may affect local services.

The 2013 gubernatorial race is still over a year away, but in many ways the budget address Governor Chris Christie gave on Tuesday is critical to setting up the backdrop for his potential re-election bid.  Christie is positioning Democrats to look like they oppose a tax cut for everybody.

President Barack Obama released his budget for 2013 last Monday. There was some good news for the region, but with pressure to cut government spending, federal funds also might not fl...

The NYPD spent nearly $100 million in claim payouts for fiscal year 2011 even thought the number of complaints against the department dropped, according to the preliminary Mayor’s Management Report released Thursday.

Escalating global tensions between Israel and Iran is prompting  the NYPD to step up patrols around Israeli government buildings in the city, as well as synagogues and Jewish cultural centers.

The mayoral race is still two years away, but City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's State of the City Thursday presents her with a unique opportunity to frame her vision for a city she reportedly wants to lead.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg will unveil his budget proposal for next year on Thursday that will tackle what his administration has calculated is a projected $2 billion budget gap without raising taxes. But how big that budget gap actually is remains debatable.

Citywide there are tens of thousands of apartments that are vacant and could be re-purposed to solve the long standing city's homeless problem, according to a report released Thursday afternoon.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, appearing before a joint Assembly and State Senate budget panel in Albany Tuesday, expressed his strong support for much of Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget for next year.

For New Jersey's 566 municipalities, the next fiscal year could be one of the toughest yet.

Just a few days after his State of the State, Governor Chris Christie took his case for increased accountability for the state's failing inner city schools and tenure reform to an overwhelmingly African American community where he got less than 5 percent of the vote in 2009.

A disciplined East Harlem drug ring that allegedly sold PCP, also known as angel dust, was broken up in a joint operation by the Manhattan District Attorney's office and the NYPD.

Halfway through his first term, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called for a 10-percent income tax cut for all brackets and a revival of the state's Earned Income Tax Credit for the working poor hands the — and handling the Democrats a real rhetorical challenge.

On Tuesday afternoon, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will give his second State of the State address. It comes at the close of a contentious legislative session.

Governor Chris Christie has until Tuesday to decide whether to sign a bill that environmentalists claim puts 300,000 acres of the state’s most ecologically sensitive land in the cross-hairs of developers.