Bob Hennelly

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In New Jersey, the spike in foreclosures has officials scrambling to deal with what often comes next - abandonment and worse. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

REPORTER: Paterson Mayor Jose Torres says having well over 2,000 properties in foreclosure undermines his city in several ways.

TORRES: Increase of ...

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As the foreclosure rate in New Jersey continues to rise, local state and federal lawmakers introduced a new federal program aimed at saving struggling communities. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Senator Robert Menendez and Governor Jon Corzine were in Paterson, New Jersey to introduce a ...

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So far, Mayor Bloomberg's midyear spending cuts have produced no major layoffs and muted opposition. But those cuts have sacrificed some innovative programs. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

REPORTER: The real budget ax toll has been on innovations like a two-year-old program in the corrections department. It ...

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A new report from New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says the national foreclosure crisis is hitting every level of government. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Comptroller DiNapoli's analysis found that having tens of thousands of New Yorker's homes in foreclosure is putting downward pressure ...

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This afternoon a skeptical city Council Committee is hearing from education officials about how they plan to make hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to city schools to plug the growing budget gap. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Deputy Chancellor Kathleen Grimm says the ...

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Since the 9/11 attacks the NYPD and federal law enforcement have made progress collaborating on counter-terrorism efforts. But with the changing of the guard in Washington, old tensions between police Commissioner Ray Kelly and homeland security officials are are re-emerging. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

REPORTER: Kelly ...

WNYC's Bob Hennelly on what went down in Albany at the special meeting of the New York State Legislature yesterday.

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Gov. Paterson heads to Washington today, hoping for more success with Congress than he had yesterday with state lawmakers. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Top on Gov. Paterson's beltway agenda will be shoring up the state's unemployment trust fund so it can handle the jump ...

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A long awaited special legislative session to deal with the state's deepening fiscal crisis did not materialize. But there were plenty of fireworks.

And as the smoke clears, the state is as much in the red as it was when the day started.

WNYC's Bob Hennelly is ...

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There was no special budget session as planned, but what unfolded was special. Instead of the Albany tradition of resolving matters with three men in a room today's budget impasse was resolved by five men at a table with a hundred reporters looking on.

There were ...

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New York Governor David Paterson says a tax hike on the state's wealthiest households is a bad idea. But backers of such a levy point to studies in New Jersey to make their case in pushing for the tax in New York. WNYC's Bob Hennelly ...

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For the third time this year, a rapidly deteriorating economy has forced Governor Paterson to propose cuts to the current state budget. The latest round targets $2 billion dollars in cuts, much of it based on reduced spending for local schools and Medicaid. With us ...

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Governor Paterson's plan to cut state spending by $2 billion dollars has set off intense opposition, especially for his plan to cut $585 million dollars in aid to schools. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

REPORTER: The Governor is trying to put the best face on his austerity ...

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No city agency has escaped Mayor Bloomberg's mid-year budget cutting. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has a look at the impact on the NYPD.

REPORTER: The long-awaited boost in police pay gave department budget makers much less wiggle room. Consider that 93 percent of the NYPD's budget goes ...

WNYC's Bob Hennelly updates the latest NYC budget woes.

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The Brooklyn tattoo artist who claims police sodomized him, testified before a grand jury yesterday. He emerged confident he would get justice. One of the officers allegedly involved has cost the city money in previous incidents. The City has paid tens-of-thousands of dollars to settle ...

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As part of WNYC’s election coverage, Bob Hennelly had an exclusive interview with Senator Obama between stops in New York City after his Cooper Union address on increased market transparency. It was late March and he asked the then-Democratic candidate for president about the end ...

Bo Lipari, executive director of New Yorkers for Verified Voting speaks about voting problems--and what voters can do about them--in New York and elsewhere.

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Bob Hennelly, WNYC reporter, talks about the races in New Jersey--and why he thinks the Garden State is at a ...

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A spokesman for New Jersey Public Advocate Ron Chen says his agency has represented about one hundred voters who were turned away by poll workers for a variety of reasons.

Many have the same complaint as Somerset County resident Lisa Boylan and her husband.

BOYLAN: So we ...

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Today New Yorkers have one more chance to sound off about the City Council's vote to overturn the term limits law. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Before Mayor Bloomberg signs the term limit extension measure into law he will get to hear directly from the ...