Bob Hennelly

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New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson is investigating a private equity firm that's also named in a state probe of alleged pension fraud. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Thompson's office wants to know if the Quadrangle Group concealed payments to a firm linked to Hank ...

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New Jersey voters head to the polls today to cast ballots on more than 550 local school budgets. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

REPORTER: New Jersey's local board of education members are holding their breath to see if the economic crisis prompts voters to defeat school budgets. ...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg

In a response to President Obama's call for a new commitment to civic engagement, Mayor Bloomberg launched 'NYC Service' at a high spirited rally geared toward young people in Washington Heights. The citywide initiative is designed ...

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New York City voters won't cast a ballot for several months, but Mayor Bloomberg is already kicking his campaign into high gear. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker came to Harlem to back the man he called his mentor. He hailed ...

If the Nets aren't going to Brooklyn, Newark better get them. That's what Newark mayor Cory Booker says. WNYC reporters Bob Hennelly and Matthew Schuerman talk about the political wrangling going on around the future home of the Nets.

Several hundred anti-tax activists braved the rain to protest on the historic Morristown Green both state and federal tax policy. Across the country, April 15th, the federal tax deadline, has been designated as a day of national protest. In New Jersey the movement got particular traction because this year Democratic Governor Jon Corzine is in a tough battle for re-election in which the state's property taxes and state spending are central issues.

A day after the Navy Seals freed captain Richard Phillips from captivity off the coast of Africa, Democratic Congressman Donald M. Payne of Newark, the chairman of the House subcommittee on Africa, narrowly escaped a mortar attack as he was leaving Mogadishu, Somalia yesterday. WNYC reporter Bob Hennely tells us ...

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The city's finance commissioner is under investigation for having a romantic relationship with a subordinate whose salary more than doubled in three years.

It's the third time in the last few weeks that Commissioner Martha Stark is at the center of an ethics controversy. In a ...

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After winning support from the city's Republican and Independent parties, Mayor Bloomberg is now vying for the endorsement of the Working Families Party. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: It may seem like a long shot, since the Working Family's Party led fierce opposition to the ...

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New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne landed safely in Nairobi Kenya today after the airport he was departing from in Mogadishu, Somalia, came under mortar attack.

Newark Congressman Payne had arranged his Somalia trip as a piracy fact finding mission several weeks ago before the piracy issue ...

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This week, the world's leading economic powers grappled with how to achieve greater accountability for international banks that rely on secret, off-shore tax havens. As Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau tells WNYC's Bob Hennelly, the US could solve the problem for itself overnight.

REPORTER: As the ...

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Today the city's Water Board is expected to consider a double digit water rate hike. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: The proposal to increase water bills by 14 percent follows a similar boost last year. City Council Finance Chair David Weprin says the back-to-back hikes ...

WNYC reporter Robert Hennelly talks about the proposed "midtown ring of steel," the future of the NYPD, and how technology is changing policing.

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With the City's tax revenues continuing to slide, pressure is building for concessions from City labor unions to avoid layoffs. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: The City Council and the Independent Budget Office are forecasting that since the Mayor's release of his proposed budget in ...

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With the city's economic outlook getting worse, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn says the city needs an even tighter budget than the one Mayor Bloomberg proposed in January. Quinn predicts that the city revenues will be $438 million less ...

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The city's district attorneys say they need more money to handle a dramatic jump in financial crimes, like mortgage fraud. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: The district attorneys told the City Council's Public Safety Committee that lawyers currently handle between 200 and 300 cases each. ...

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Police Commissioner Ray Kelly wants to expand a security strategy in Lower Manhattan to Midtown. The Ring of Steel is modeled on a London system that networks hundreds of video surveillance cameras and license plate readers to help police monitor traffic for suspicious activity.

KELLY: All ...

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Just as the City Council and the Bloomberg Administration digest the small print in Albany's budget deal, there's more bad news for the city from the Independent Budget Office. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more. REPORTER: Mayor Bloomberg's proposed budget for next year appeared balanced just ...