Bob Hennelly

WNYC reporters Bob Hennelly and Ilya Marritz discuss the Mayor's State of the City address.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivered his 11th State of the City address Thursday when he is trumpeted education initiatives, and re-ignited plans to develop the borough's vacant Kingsbridge Armory.

Governor Chris Christie postponed New Jersey's State of the State address, but WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly and New Jersey News Service managing editor Nancy Solomon will round up New Jersey's political news.

Tuesday was supposed to be a high profile day for Governor Chris Christie. Half-way through his first term, Christie, now a national household name, was all set to give an agenda setting State of the State.

The New Jersey Assemblyman who died at the statehouse Monday night helped Governor Chris Christie get his start in politics nearly two decades ago and was a close friend and mentor, the governor said Tuesday.

WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly looks ahead to Governor Andrew Cuomo's speech on the State of the State, and discusses the implications of last night's Iowa results on the local area.

Governor Andrew Cuomo will give his second State of the State address Wednesday afternoon. Judging by his poll numbers and his list of accomplishments, Cuomo appears to have strong mo...

The political fallout from New Jersey's recently completed congressional redistricting continues. The loss of a congressional seat for the Garden State, from 13 to 12 districts, has now set the stage for a nasty primary between two Democratic incumbents.

While the United States continues to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to police the world - and going deeper and deeper debt in the process - Main Street, USA is becoming an increasingly more deadly place for police.

The NYPD's latest numbers show homicides are on track for a 5 percent decline over last year, though overall crime is at about the same level. But a precinct by precinct evaluation shows some significant swings in both directions.

Chris Cerf has yet to be confirmed as New Jersey Education Commissioner. WNYC reporters Nancy Solomon and Bob Hennelly discuss the issues around his appointment.

Political party bosses will now weigh their picks to fill the seat vacated by state Senator Carl Kruger, who pleaded guilty Tuesday to corruption charges and resigned from his post.

An emotional state Senator Carl Kruger pleaded guilty to four federal corruption charges in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday.

WNYC senior reporter Bob Hennelly discusses the spike in police officers murders in 2010 nationally and what the trend is so far this year. This spike comes as officers are being laid off and department spending reduced nationwide. He’ll also talk about the 75th precinct overnight tour that Officer Figowski worked from 2002 until his murder on Monday—the 75 precinct in East New York had the highest murder rate in the City. Figowski's funeral is being held Monday.

Days after one of their own was shot and killed on the midnight shift, commanding officer Inspector Jeffrey Maddrey made a point of engaging each officer at the 75th precinct as they streamed in to work the overnight.

The man accused of killing a NYC police officer was arraigned in a Brooklyn court Tuesday night and remanded without bail.

On Tuesday, police arrested four additional suspects — including a second man who fled the scene, two others who posed as concerned neighbors and a getaway driver, police said.

A mistrial has been declared in Councilman Larry Seabrook's federal corruption trial.  After a solid week of deliberations the jury could not reach a consensus on any of the 12 counts against the 60-year-old Bronx council member. 

A federal judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a New York City Council member accused of misdirecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money meant for community projects.