Bob Hennelly

Andrew Cuomo is officially running for governor in New York. Bob Hennelly, WNYC reporter, and Celeste Katz, Daily Politics blogger for the New York Daily News, discuss Cuomo's campaign.

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By announcing his candidacy for governor, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has stepped off the sidelines and into the debate about how to fix the state's financial troubles. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Cuomo laid out a pragmatic approach to tackling the paralysis in ...

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced his candidacy for governor on Saturday first in a web video and then in a historic setting in Lower Manhattan. He pledged to lead an army of concerned citizens to take back state government for the people of New York.

Andrew Cuomo announced he was running for Governor of New York over the weekend.

While the November general election is still way off, this week, the behind the scenes jockeying begins in earnest to determine who actually ends up on that general election ballot.

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After the Times Square attempted car bombing, the world focused on a man who was captured on videotape changing his shirt near where the bomb rigged Pathfinder was left. We never learned his identity, but the entire Times Square incident has prompted city officials to ...

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a measure that would have restored a higher income tax on the state’s wealthiest residents. Democrats in both houses included the tax increase with votes to boost prescription drug benefits for seniors and to restore property tax rebates ...

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Governor Chris Christie wants to limit property taxes, and he wants to put it to voters directly. He kicked off his referendum campaign with a stop in Hoboken yesterday.

Governor Christie's number is 2.5. That's the biggest percent increase a town could raise its property taxes, ...

Former chairs of the New York City Charter Revision Commissions are meeting tonight. They'll offer their insights to the current Charter Revision panel about how best to reform City government.

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Former chairs of City Charter Revision Commissions are meeting tonight. They'll offer their insights to the current Charter Revision panel about how best to reform city government.

The Charter Revision Commission is considering what issue to take up first. Dick Dadey with Citizens Union, a good ...

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Members of New York's Congressional delegation blasted the Obama administration this week for cutting city security funding, but Washington says hundreds of millions already sent to the region remains unspent.

In a letter from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to Rep. Peter King ...

WNYC reporters Bob Hennelly and Arun Venugopal discuss the latest security news, including: a scare in Union Square; the arrests around the Northeast of suspects linked to the Times Square bombing; why the White House and local officials are exchanging jabs over Department of Homeland Security funding; and what the NYPD is doing to protect against home-grown terror threats.

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President Obama headlined a midtown fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee last night. WNYC's Bob Hennelly was there and has this report.

REPORTER: At the St. Regis Hotel, President Obama gave a campaign style speech that was a hit with the 200 partisan attendees who ...

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President Barack Obama is attending a Democratic fundraiser this evening at the St. Regis Hotel in Midtown. Nearby, protestors have gathered and caused traffic disruptions.

The group is here to protest what they say is the Obama administration's failure to fund the effort to fight the ...

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Since September 11, the private security industry has become a critical part of New York City's counter-terrorism planning. Much of the senior management in that industry includes retired New York Police Department officers. So this week, the city's private security industry was brought in to ...

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NYPD intelligence analysts say the threat from so-called "homegrown terrorists" is growing. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

REPORTER: In 2007, the NYPD issued a report on post 9-11 plots to launch attacks in western nations, including the US. Co-author Mitch Silber says cases like that of former ...

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The Fall General Election is still six months away, but Mayor Bloomberg is already weighing in on some of his picks for statewide office and the legislature. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: The Mayor is generally shy about making political endorsements, but this year he ...

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Voters in dozens of New Jersey cities and towns are set to head to the polls in local elections tomorrow. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: 86 of the state's 566 municipalities hold what are billed "non-partisan" contests that determine who gets to be mayor and ...

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Mayor Bloomberg plans to visit London this week to observe its security camera network. In spite of budget woes here in New York, Bloomberg wants to spend $200 million on a similar network for Lower Manhattan, and eventually one in Midtown. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has ...

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Things appear to be back to normal in Times Square, after police shut down vehicle and pedestrian traffic for about an hour Fridayafternoon. An NYPD bomb squad checked out a suspicious cooler just a block from where a failed car bomb was found last weekend. ...