Bob Hennelly

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City Council Speaker Christine Quinn laid out an ambitious program in her annual State of the City Address yesterday. And as WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports, the speech had the feel of an energetic stump speech.

REPORTER: The Council chamber balcony was festooned with red white and ...

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Another front has opened in the contract dispute between the Bloomberg Administration and the Police Benevolent Association. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

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In lower Manhattan tonight the public will have the chance to question the latest plans to take down Fiterman Hall, the City University building severely damaged on September 11th. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

The 15-story building had been part of the Borough of Manhattan Community ...

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Funding for the city's Civilian Complaint Review Board, which investigates police misconduct, has traditionally been a loser in the budget battle between the City Council and Mayor Bloomberg. But, as WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports, this year looks different.

REPORTER: This year in his upbeat State of ...

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Mayor Bloomberg's preliminary budget plan has something for everyone, made possible by an almost $4 billion surplus. Yet, as WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports future mayors are going to have a tougher time balancing the books.

REPORTER: This year Mayor Michael Bloomberg's past tight fisted budget policy ...

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Later today, the Port Authority is expected to vote to add a 5th airport to its regional system, 55 miles north of New York City. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

The Port Authority Commissioners are expected to support spending close to $80 million to takeover Stewart ...

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New York's Police Commissioner defended the city's undercover officers and operations during a Council hearing spurred by the shooting of Sean Bell. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

REPORTER: The Council heard from Police Commissioner Ray Kelly that applicants for undercover assignments have to have at least 2 ...

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New York City will not fight a judge's order that it release Police Department documents and videotapes that reveal how the NYPD handled protestors during the 2004 Republican National Convention. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

The close to 1,000 pages of NYPD documents and 27 video ...

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After months of promising to bring New Jersey residents permanent property tax relief through government reform, state lawmakers are under the gun this week to produce. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

Today, the state Senate is poised to pass legislation that would strip any public official ...

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Mayor Bloomberg is expected to call for a major tax cut and an increase of affordable housing in his annual State of the City address later today. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

Mayor Bloomberg will call for a 1 year 5% roll back on property taxes ...

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Last fall, a Bronx teen died while in custody at an upstate juvenile prison run by New York's Office of Children and Family Services. His death strengthened the argument of critics who say the state’s juvenile detention system is in dire need of reform. WNYC’s ...

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Thirteen smaller U.S. cities, including San Diego and Laramie County, Wyoming, fared better than New York in a study of emergency communications. This is according to a draft of a Homeland Security Department report scheduled to be released today.

Republican Michael Balboni is Governor Eliot Spitzer's ...

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Today New York City's 37,000-member police force got more than 1,300 new members. They were sworn in at Madison Square Garden in front of family and friends. WNYC's Bob Hennelly was there and has this report.

REPORTER: Both Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly ...

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New Jersey's population is shrinking at a fast enough pace that by 20-10 it could lose one of its 13 seats in Congress. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more on the recent census data.

For the Garden State it is the one two punch of tens of ...

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Councilman Charles Barron and close to a thousand activists marched on Wall Street to protest what they believe is the slow pace of the Queens District Attorney Brown's investigation into last month's police shooting death of Sean Bell. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has this report.

REPORTER: Barron ...

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Civil unions become a reality in New Jersey today, as Governor Jon Corzine signs the landmark bill. It gives same sex unions the same legal standing as marriage, as long as the couples stay in New Jersey. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has this report.

With a stroke ...

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After months of promising permanent property tax relief New Jersey lawmakers adjourned for the year without delivering. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

HENNELLY: Out of the close to 1OO proposals generated over months of the legislature's special session on property tax reform only a handful will ...

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Same sex couples in New Jersey now have the same rights as heterosexual married couples. But, lawmakers stopped short of calling it marriage. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

Activists hailed the bill as a turning point in the national gay rights movement. Both houses passed it ...

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Since this summer New Jersey lawmakers were said to be hard at work on close to 1OO proposals that would cut costs and lower property taxes. Yesterday, though, as both houses wrapped up their last meeting of the year, it seemed they had done just ...

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Members of the Port Authority board are expected to approve the largest capital spending plan in the authority's history later today. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

The capital budget of more than $26 billion includes major renovations at the 3 regional airports as well as upgrading Orange ...