Bob Hennelly

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Tens of thousands of summer jobs for City teenagers are at stake in the negotiations over the federal economic recovery plan. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

The $1.2 billion dollar national Summer Youth Employment program brings $34 million to NYC and creates 22,000 job for teens ...

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The mayoral election process won't get underway until July, when petitions to get on the primary ballot are due but Mayor Bloomberg is already facing questions about how he'll finance his bid for a third term.

Reporters asked the mayor if he'd cap his campaign spending ...

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The federal stimulus bill could bring hundreds of additional police officers to New York City at a time when it's planning to cut one thousand from its force. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: The House version includes a federal Community Policing Services provision, or COPS ...

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While residential foreclosures dominate the headlines, city data indicate problems are brewing in New York's commercial real estate sector as well. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Confirmation of the troubling trend is found in Mayor Bloomberg's summary of his budget plan for next year. It ...

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Council member Lew Fidler says he plans on fighting the mayor's proposal to raise hundreds of millions by hiking the sales tax and repealing the popular exemption for clothes.

He says it most hurts the people who can least afford it.

FIDLER: The sales tax is the ...

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Now that Mayor Bloomberg has presented his budget, it's time for the negotiations to begin.

REPORTER: One of the next stops for the mayor's nearly $60 billion plan is the City Council's Budget committee. Councilman David Weprin chairs the committee, and says he's willing to consider ...

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After months of job losses in the private sector, it may now be the city's turn. Mayor Bloomberg says more than 23,000 City jobs may have to be cut to balance next year's budget. WNYC's City Hall reporter Bob Hennelly has more on today's budget ...

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Mayor Bloomberg presented a nearly $60 billion budget plan for next year and it calls for shared sacrifice to close a $4 billion dollar budget gap.

The mayor says to avoid cutting up to 23,000 jobs from the workforce the City needs union concessions and significant ...

At a City Council Oversight hearing today, Speaker Christine Quinn called for the City's Civilian Complaint Review Board to take over the prosecution of substantiated cases of public complaints against the NYPD.

Currently the CCRB investigates the charges and only refers the cases of alleged police misconduct the panel ...

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City Council Speaker Christine Quinn wants police abuse cases to be prosecuted by an indendent board, instead of the NYPD.

At a council hearing, she noted that the NYPD has failed to follow up on more than 1/3 of the cases that were substantiated by the ...

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City Council Speaker Christine Quinn will convene today an oversight hearing about police misconduct cases. Lawmakers want to explore why the NYPD does not prosecute dozens of cases documented by the Civilian Complaint Review Board. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has this preview.

REPORTER: Last year the CCRB ...

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On Friday, Mayor Bloomberg will deliver what is shaping up to be the most difficult budget address of his tenure. The city faces a budget gap well of over $4 billion, and tax revenues continue to disappoint. The mayor says after years of watching welfare ...

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While New York City officials are expecting $3.4 billion in aid from President Obama's stimulus package, New Jersey officials are still waiting to find out what they're going to get. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: What is known is that the house may grant New ...

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Restoring Ellis Island could be exactly what the economy needs, in the view of the new US Interior Secretary. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Secretary Ken Salazar toured both the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island yesterday at the invitation of New Jersey Senator Robert ...

A window in one of dozens of unrestored Elis Island historic buildings

Deferred maintenance - a window into one of dozens of unrestored Ellis Island historic buildings. Just a handful of the 33 structures through which generations of immigrants passed have been preserved. The National Park site was visited by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Friday.

During his confirmation hearing he promised Senator Bob Menendez that he would come visit both the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island which are both under the jurisdiction of Salazar's Department. Menendez, Congressman Albio Sires of Hudson County and Congressman Anthony Weiner of Brooklyn also lobbied Salazar to reopen the crown of the Statue of Liberty to tourists. It has been closed since 9/11 over public safety concerns.

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Mayor Bloomberg got a cordial reception in Albany yesterday, but no financial commitments from anyone on the budget panels. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: It certainly was not the typical tin cup speech made by mayors coming to Albany on bended knee. Mayor Bloomberg was ...

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In another sign of the deteriorating economy, New Jersey's unemployment rate jumped significantly in just a month. W-N-Y-C's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: New Jersey's unemployment rate for last month hit 7.1 percent, a full point higher the month before. The latest jobless figures are on ...

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Daunting security measures kept many New Yorkers away from the inaugural festivities in Washington. Many of them went to City Hall instead. WNYC's Bob Hennelly was there.

REPORTER: Council staffer Carrie Mobley said the idea of turning City Hall into an inaugural multiplex occurred to her ...

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Under the new law the Council and public will get an annual NYPD synopsis that will provide the who, when, where and why for all police shootings.

Chris Dunn with the New York Civil Liberities Union says his group pushed hard for the legislation after it ...