Bob Hennelly

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Tonight New Jersey Senate candidates Senator Robert Menendez and State Senator Tom Kean Jr will face of in a debate for the last time. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

This evening's 9O minutes radio debate sponsored by New Jersey's Millennium Radio Network will feature call in ...

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New Jersey Democrats are pulling out their big guns to try to sway voters in the tight race for US senator between Democrat incumbent Robert Menendez and his Republican rival State Senator Tom Kean Jr. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

This week it's Barack Obama, the ...

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With no end in site to the global war on terrorism the use of private security guards continues to grow. This past summer WNYC’s Bob Hennelly did an investigative series into Tristar Patrol Services, the City’s principle private guard contractor. The investigation raised serious questions ...

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New Jersey residents still have time to register to vote in order to cast a ballot in next month's election. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

New Jersey's voter registration deadline is October 17th. Prospective voters must supply their New Jersey driver's license number on their application. If ...

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Tens of thousands of area homeowners who got mortgages through Ameriquest -- the nation's largest mortgage company -- may benefit from a multi-million dollar settlement.

Thanks to team work from the nation's state Attorney Generals customers who got loans from the mortgage outfit Ameriquest from 1999 ...

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While inspecting the Port of Newark yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced a crackdown on shippers who don't honor Customs requests to hold on to cargo the Agency is worried about.

REPORTER: Secretary Chertoff says an Inspecctor General's investigation uncovered a serious problem with some ...

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A new analysis of City parking permits concludes that over 3/4 of permit holders surveyed abused the privilege.

The environmental advocacy group Transportation Alternatives says its city-wide survey documented that permit holders parked illegally on sidewalks, blocked fire hydrants, cross walks, bus stops and metered spaces. ...

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WNYC has learned that Tristar Patrol Services, the City government's primary supplier of private guards, allegedly hired hundreds of unlicensed guards and violated dozens of state laws and regulations that govern the guard industry.

The New York Secretary of State investigators allege that Tristar hired at ...

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The New York Police Department is being challenged this week's United Nations General Assembly. In addition to helping dignitaries get around town, the police must grapple with several protests. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

Today is President George Bush's turn to address the General Assembly. He ...

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Election year pressure is mounting on Congress to finally adopt some version of a bill to improve chemical plant security before its members adjourn to campaign.

REPORTER: The stakes are high for the mid-Atlantic region with its heavy concentration of chemical plants and refineries. New Jersey ...

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The top intelligence officer at the New York City Police Department told a Senate panel today that five years after 9/11 the country still faces significant gaps in its security, and more attention should be paid to domestic concerns.

Richard Falkenrath told a senate committee that ...

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While officially the 5th year commemoration of September 11th was marked with a reverential reading of the names of the thousands killed on that day, just outside the secured perimeter hundreds of protestors gathered.

REPORTER: It was a surreal scene---Buddhist monks sat on the sidewalk drumming ...

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For the second time in the last few weeks Newark Mayor Cory Booker has enlisted a top New York City public official to help him in his reform campaign.

Mayor Booker has turned to the NYPD's Deputy Commissioner of Operations Garry McCarthy to take over Newark's ...

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Last night in New Jersey two former Presidents raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Republican and Democratic candidiates for the US Senate. But as WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports they also used their stature to frame the issues.

In his Bridgewater speech on behalf of ...

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While there's been national discussion about what is -- or is not -- being built at the World Trade Center site, there's been less attention paid to two buildings devastated in the attacks almost five years ago... that are still standing. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports ...

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New Jersey state legislators looking for ways to cut property taxes were told by state officials that thousands of public employees are boosting their pensions by holding as many as 11 different jobs simultaneously. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

It gives a whole new meaning to ...

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The Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson is investigating the circumstances surrounding the fire in a 99 cent store that claimed the lives of two City firefighters earlier this week.

While preliminary reports from the City Fire marshals indicate Sunday's fatal fire at the 99 cent store ...

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Xanadu - the mega-entertainment and retail project planned for the Meadowlands -- may be back on track. The struggling Mills Corporation has gotten a major cash infusion from investors that New Jersey officials say will guarantee the project's completion.

The latest chapter in the Xanadu roller ...

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The state agency responsible for the future of a City University facility that was damaged beyond repair in the September 11th attacks says it has selected a contractor to start the first phase of the long-awaited redevelopment of Fitterman Hall.

CUNY students could begin the fall ...

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New Jersey lawmakers will focus on public education and public employee benefits this week as continue their special session designed to reign in the state's rising property taxes.

Lawmakers will roll up their sleeves and attempt to lower the cost of public education, often blamed for ...