Bob Hennelly

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As the federal government prepares to absorb billions of dollars in bad debt, New York City's billionaire Mayor says he's not sure if the bailout plan will work.

REPORTER: Mayor Bloomberg says the jury is out on the prudence of the government absorbing a half-trillion dollars ...

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The annual management report from the mayor's office is out. It details how the city's doing in areas including education, crime fighting, and construction safety. WNYC's Bob Hennelly takes a look at a new program targeting offenders entering the juvenile justice system.

REPORTER: Overall, the volume ...

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It was Mayor Koch who used to ask rhetorically "how am I doing?"

Thanks to the annual Mayor's Management Report it's possible to provide a pretty detailed answer.

WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more from City Hall.

This year's report indicates the city is making progress on many fronts, ...

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Just a few months ago New Jersey public pension managers bought $120 million in the now bankrupt Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: A spokesman for New Jersey Treasurer David Rousseau confirms the $120 million ill-fated Lehman stock purchase back ...

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Despite the current global financial turmoil, the Port Authority's Board of Commissioners went ahead today and approved several key contracts for the construction of the Freedom Tower.

WNYC's Bob Hennelly was there and has this report.

Fully 95 percent of the contracts needed to complete the $3 ...

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As another 9/11 anniversary passes, public health officials are still struggling to get funding to research long-term health impacts. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

REPORTER: Even seven years after the attacks, Dr. Joan Reibman with Bellevue's World Trade Center Environmental Health Project says there are more questions ...

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More than seven years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the fate of a 15-story City University building that was heavily damaged is still in limbo. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

Catherine McVeigh Hughes, with Community Board 1, is alarmed at the lack of progress in ...

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While New York City was truly Ground Zero for the September 11th attacks the impact radiated across the Hudson to New Jersey and throughout the metro region. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has this report on the view from New Jersey seven years later.

REPORTER: For many New ...

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For weeks, there's been speculation about whether city lawmakers will repeal voter-approved term limits. Now, as WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports, one councilman is willing to handle the political hot potato.

REPORTER: Bronx Councilman Oliver Koppell, a former state Attorney General, says term limits are undemocratic. He ...

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After weeks of hypothetical discussions about repealing term limits, a New York City lawmaker is getting the ball rolling. Bronx councilman Oliver Koppell has asked lawyers to draft a bill that would extend the current two terms to three. He says, as it stands, the ...

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After several thousand peaceful protesters marched from Minnesota's state capital to the site of the Republican National Convention, small gangs of young people went on a rampage.

The cat and mouse game between self-styled young anarchists and police first started as the massive peace march of ...

WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly talks about protests at the RNC. He's joined by Eileen Clancy, one of the founders of I-Witness Video, who talks about being raided in St. Paul.

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WNYC's political director Andrea Bernstein with an update on the RNC's schedule.

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More on ...

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The Republican National Convention does not get underway until Monday, but police in St. Paul and Minneapolis were busy over the weekend raiding several homes allegedly linked to people the police said were going to disrupt the event. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more from St. ...

Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, Daily Kos blogger and author of Taking On the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era, and Susan Page, Washington bureau chief for USA Today, wrap up the week's events.

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Brooke Gladstone, host of WNYC's On The Media, ...

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Metro area elected officials are reacting to last night's acceptance speech by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Newark Mayor Cory Booker was at Mile High Stadium last night. He says the importance of Obama's speech went beyond a single election.

BOOKER: This is not just about ...

Sheila Krumholz, Executive Director of the Center for Responsive Politics, follows the money with a look at the convention sponsors and the latest in campaign fundraising.

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WNYC reporter, Bob Hennelly, previews tonight's speeches.

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Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight.com talks ...

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On the first night of their national convention, Democrats rallied for Sen. Edward Kennedy, and they were introduced to a softer side of Michelle Obama. WNYC’s Bob Hennelly was there and he joins us now.

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So far, no one from New Jersey is scheduled to address Democrats in Denver. But as WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports, Garden State delegates are making a push to get Sen. Robert Menendez to the podium.

Menendez boosters are making the case to DNC planners and ...

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An ongoing FBI criminal corruption probe has led to agents raiding the law offices of a top New Jersey Democrat. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

The team of FBI agents executed a search warrant at the Lyndhurst law offices of top Bergen County Democrat Joseph Ferriero and ...

Bob Hennelly, WNYC senior reporter, discusses the protesters who will be making their voice heard at the conventions in Denver and Minneapolis. Performance artist Lizzie West is organizing a peace revival and benefit event at the RNC.