Bob Hennelly

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The fallout continues from Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's report on improper political influence in the state police. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Governor Paterson has asked for the resignation of David S. Mack from his position as deputy chairman of the MTA and from his ...

Who wants a job overseeing a budget billions in the red and protecting pensions in the age of anxious markets?

Katz, Liu, Weprin, Yassky. That's who.

It turns out three City Council members from Queens and one from Brooklyn are willing to spend millions to get the City Comptroller job ...

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This week, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo released a report that says as far back as the Pataki Administration, top officials at the state police have been tainted by politics. Governor Paterson requested the investigation after disclosures that during the Spitzer Administration the state police tracked ...

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Councilman David Weprin says the city's pension funds need a more nimble investment strategy. He says if elected city comptroller, he'll do an annual review, instead of the current once every three years.

WEPRIN: Right now we are about 55 percent invested in equities. Had we ...

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Councilwoman Melinda Katz is responding to critics who claim her candidacy for city comptroller is tainted, because she received $700,000 in contributions from real estate interests. Katz spoke on the Brian Lehrer Show today and said she's won major concessions from developers, including tens of ...

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Queens Councilman John Liu says if he's elected as the city's next comptroller, he'd like to see Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, out. The comptroller has no role in deciding who's chancellor, but Liu says the latest mayoral control bill gives the controller a new role ...

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With four City Council members all vying for the office of city comptroller in the September 15th Democratic primary, the candidates have just a week to stand out in the crowded field. For Brooklyn Councilman David Yassky, it is his view on city pensions.

YASSKY: I ...

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The NYPD's stopping and frisking of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers every year has become an issue in the Mayor's race. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

REPORTER: In the Democratic primary, Councilman Tony Avella opposes stop-and-frisk outright as unconstitutional. Comptroller Bill Thomspson says it's a valid ...

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This week marks the mid-point for Ramadan, the holiest month in the Muslim calendar. Estimates of the number of Muslims who call New York City home run as high as 800,000. For a decade, the NYPD has made an effort to help Muslims feel more ...

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Traditionally Labor Day signals the start of local campaigns but in New Jersey the race for governor is well underway. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

A new poll shows that Democrats are not standing behind incumbent Governor Jon Corzine. Peter Wooley with Fairleigh Dickinson University's Public Mind ...

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New York City has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, but Mayor Bloomberg says some surprising loop-holes still need to be closed. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Currently a gun owner with a permit to carry a firearm could be too drunk ...

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will be in New York today to unveil the Obama Administration's new national "Ready Campaign", aimed at improving household preparedness for emergencies and natural disasters.

Today's national rollout comes several weeks after Napolitano appointed a panel to review the controversial five-color ...

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A former New Jersey state senator from Bergen County has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail, for his conviction on Federal corruption charges.

66-year-old Joseph Coniglio was found guilty in April for extorting more than $100,000 from the Hackensack University Medical Center. In exchange he ...

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Since two of the city's biggest testers of concrete are under indictment, the Department of Buildings has decided to open its own independent testing lab. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri says the new lab will be running by January of next year. ...

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A former New Jersey state senator is to be sentenced on federal corruption charges today. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

In the sentencing documents, acting US Attorney Ralph Marra says Joseph Coniglio's actions were "so brazen" he should get the maximum 78 months in jail.

Back in ...

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The US Environmental Protection Agency is citing problems with how New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection monitors thousands of contaminated sites. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: The EPA Region two audit of New Jersey's DEP says the state lacks basic quality controls to ensure the ...

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The two Democrats who want to run against Mayor Bloomberg this fall faced off in a live debate last night. WNYC's Bob Hennelly was there and has this report.

REPORTER: In the lively 90 minute debate City Councilman Tony Avella took City Comptroller Bill Thompson to ...

WNYC Reporter Bob Hennelly visited The Brian Lehrer Show today to talk about the first debate in the citywide comptroller's race.

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WNYC reporter Robert Hennelly and staff reporter for the New York Daily News, Erin Einhorn talk about the candidates running to handle NYC's money. Watch Video of Last Weekend's Democratic Debate:

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New Jersey's number two federal prosecutor has resigned, amid a scandal over a loan she received from the state's Republican candidate for Governor.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michele Brown found herself at the center of political controversy when it was disclosed that her former boss, GOP ...