Bob Hennelly

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Mayor Bloomberg and city council members are teaming up to try and help the growing number of New Yorkers facing the prospect of losing their homes to foreclosure. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: The city is offering free debt counseling and legal advice. Brooklyn Councilman ...

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Over the next few months the Bloomberg Administration will try out new public emergency notification programs in hopes of finding the best approach for City-wide application. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Back in August the subway flood fiasco and the Deutsche bank fire in Lower ...

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New Jersey governor Corzine is proposing the most significant reform of the state's funding formula for local education since the state Supreme Court's landmark Abbott decision. WNYC'S Bob Hennelly reports.

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No date has been set for deconstruction to resume at the former Deutsche Bank building, more than three months after a fatal fire there. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has this update.

REPORTER: The 41 story 9/11 ruin was supposed to be demolished by the end of next ...

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Some of the work done on the high profile restoration of Lower Manhattan's Tweed Courthouse - just a few years ago - has evidently not stood the test of time. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has this update.

This past summer, a city Buildings Department employee with an ...

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A New Jersey lawmaker wants a Congressional investigation into US Attorney Chris Christie's awarding of a multi-million dollar contract to his former boss, John Ashcroft. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Under the terms of the deal, announced in September, Ashcroft's firm could net as much ...

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Demolition of the contaminated Deutsche Bank building has not resumed more than three months after a fatal fire at the site killed two firemen.

REPORTER: The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation that runs the project has not set a re-start date and is still in negotiations with ...

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When it came out that close to 90% of the people stopped and frisked by New York City police in 2006 were either Black or Hispanic there was an uproar.

Elected officials and civil rights groups alleged racial profiling noting that less than 10% of those ...

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Another New Jersey Republican Congressman is resigning. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

The latest to exit is 4-term Congressman Mike Ferguson, who represents central Jersey's 7th District. He cited the need to spend more time with his young family. But the district along the I-78 corridor ...

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A Rand Corporation study of the NYPD’s stop and frisk program concluded the department generally did not engage in racial profiling. But Dr. Gregory Ridgeway, with Rand, said his analysis identified some officers who required closer scrutiny.

RIDGEWAY: There are fifteen officers. Each individual one is ...

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Another New Jersey Republican Congressman is resigning. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

The latest to exit is 4-term Congressman Mike Ferguson, who represents central Jersey's 7th District. He cited the need to spend more time with his young family. But the district along the I-78 corridor ...

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It's been almost a year since the fatal police shooting of Sean Bell and critics say long-standing issues between race and policing have gone un-addressed. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Several City Council members say reforms to improve police accountability, made as far back as ...

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Every year thousands of City residents, many of them elderly find themselves facing eviction without a lawyer. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has this report on an effort to help those seniors.

REPORTER: Under a bill introduced this week by City Councilwoman Rosie Mendez the City would have ...

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The Port Authority says it will cost more to cross the Hudson, thanks to an increase in tolls and PATH train fare. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

REPORTER: Port Authority officials say new revenue is the only way to fund $30 billion in projects like a 2nd ...

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The Port Authority wants to raise tolls on Hudson River bridges and increase fares on the PATH. The extra revenue would help build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

Under the proposal before the Port Authority commissioners, tolls on Hudson ...

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The police are defending Monday night's shooting that left an unarmed teen dead. Commissioner Ray Kelly says a preliminary review indicates that the 5 officers who fired did so within department guidelines. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

REPORTER: According to police, the tragic chain events that lead ...

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Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says the fatal shooting of the emotionally disturbed 18 year-old Brooklyn teen last night appears to fall within Departmental guidelines.

REPORER: Police say earlier in the day Denise Owens, the teen's mother, had unsuccessfully sought a psychiatric intervention for her son Kyle ...

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In defense of Bernard Kerik, presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani says the successes of the former police commissioner outweigh any of his mistakes. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

Giuliani says he didn’t investigate Kerick thoroughly enough before elevating him to the top Police Department post in 2000. ...

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In New Jersey, Democrats managed to hold onto their control of both the State Senate and Assembly. But statewide, voters rejected 2 bond issues that Democratic leaders had pushed hard for. With us now to sort out the results from the Garden State is WNYC's ...