Bob Hennelly

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New York City officials plan to review a deal that would allow a United Arab Emirates owned company to takeover Manhattan's Cruise Ship Terminal. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Senator Charles Schumer has raised security concerns over Federal approval of the deal. It would put ...

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A bi-partisan group of members of Congress are asking the White House to reconsider a deal that would permit an Arab Emirate-owned company from taking over key port functions in New York and other US ports. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Several congressmen and senators ...

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Earlier this week Senator Charles Schumer raised concerns about the impact of a multi-billion dollar deal that would give control of several ports around the country, including two sites here, to a company based in the nation of Dubai.

Citing security concerns, Schumer and several other ...

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New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine says President Bush's proposed budget is more bad news for a state that already faces a five billion dollar deficit. WNYC'S Bob Hennelly has more.

Governor Corzine is most concerned about the proposed roll back of Title 1 Education grants that ...

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Mayor Bloomberg says he might support Democrats for the New York State Senate if they would advance his agenda and help the city get more education dollars for city schools. WNYC's City Hall reprter Bob Hennely has more.

REPORTER: For years critics of Mayor Bloomberg have ...

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Democrats and Republicans in New Jersey are striving to show they are reform minded in the wake of the Jack Abramhoff lobbying scandal. But as WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports a long standing regional lobbying tradition continues today.

It is known AS the Annual New Jersey State ...

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Police say they have two individuals in custody who they believe are involved in the beating of an armed off-duty officer. He was later seriously wounded by an on-duty officer who responded. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: The Department's preliminary findings are that the police ...

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In New York City since the 1980’s the number of adult single homeless women looking for shelter each night has grown more than six fold. In 1980 roughly five percent of the homeless individuals looking shelter from the city each night were female—these days it ...

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In his first State of the City Address since his overwhelming re-election results last fall, Mayor Bloomberg did what few mayors have done with these speeches -- he made some specific commitments for the next four years. WNYC's Bob Hennelly joins Amy Eddings to discuss ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid out a second-term wish list in his Thursday State of the City address, one of his most ambitious speeches now that the former businessman is buoyed by four years of political experience.

"After starting this decade at the peak of an economic ...

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Speaker Christine Quinn and more than a dozen other city council members have proposed reforms that would open up their deliberations to greater public scrutiny.

QUINN: Overall the substantive changes that we've proposed today I hope will move the council forward to make it a ...

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Mayor Bloomberg announced plans to improve the coordination of the city's child protectives services in the aftermath of the alleged murder of seven year old Nixzmary Brown. WNYC's Bob hennely has more.

REPORTER: At the top of Bloomberg's agenda is the creation of a Family Services ...

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New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine pledged to provide a fresh start for a state that has been hit by one poltical scandal after another. WNYC's Bob Hennely has on the new governor's inauguration.

REPORTER: The investment banker turned Senator turned Governor called for a bi-partisan push ...

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Former New Jersey Senator Jon Corzine will take the oath of office and become governor at a ceremony today in Trenton. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

Corzine's Inaugural address and celebreation will both set an austere tone befitting a state that faces an almost $6 billion ...

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For a cost of just one dollar each, the city is turning over a half dozen of its buildings to 13 Lower East Side Arts groups, including the La Ma Ma experimental Theater. WNYC's BOb Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: The coalition of dance, theater and community ...

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The changes in federal medicare and medicaid law that went into effect this month have caused problems for many New Yorkers. This according to Senator Hillary Clinton and other elected officials who say they are being inundated with complaints about the new prescription drug plan.

REPORTER: ...

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Today in Trenton, 53-year-old Camden County Assemblyman Joe Roberts became the 83rd Speaker to preside over the New Jersey Assembly. Roberts, a former bar and restaurant owner, is a veteran politician who is an ally of Camden County Democratic Party boss John Norcross. WNYC's Bob ...

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City Councilmembers are expected to choose 39-year old Manhattan Councilwoman Christine Quinn to be their speaker today. WNYC's City Hall reporter Bob Hennelly has this report on the presumptive Speaker and the body she will lead.

REPORTER: It's pretty anti-climatic---a vibrant seven contestant field narrowed to ...

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City Council members elected Manhattan Councilwoman Christine Quinn as the first woman and openly gay City Council speaker. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

REPORTER: Only Councilman Charles Barron abstained because he said Quinn's elevation was a manipulation of the process by county Democratic Party leaders.

BARRON: Council members, ...

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Local politicians say the federal decision to give high risk cities a larger share of homeland security funding is a step in the right direction.

REPORTER: Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says $765 million is available for 35 metropolitan areas, but it's not guaranteed. Each area ...