Bob Hennelly

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Tomorrow, voters on both sides of the Hudson River will choose new leaders. The campaigns for mayor of New York and governor of New Jersey have involved almost $150 million dollars in total spending and Republican candidates who have challenged their opponents in a state ...

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Mayor Bloomberg took his campaign to Harlem's City College yesterday, where he pledged to double child care and pre-Kindergarten slots, as well as enroll every eligible child in a health care plan. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Mayor Bloomberg was with Reverend Calvin Butts when ...

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In New Jersey the state's battle for Governor gets all the headlines and all the air time. Tens of millions of dollars of campaign ads have been aired to impugn the character of either the Republican or Democratic candidates for Governor while supposedly enlightening voters ...

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The latest polls show New Jersey Gubernatorial candidate Senator Jon Corzine anywhere from four to ten percentage points ahead of his Republican opponent Doug Forrester. But in the last few days of this increasingly negative campaign, there's been a surprise that pollsters haven't quantified yet. ...

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New Jersey votes will go to the polls in less than two weeks to choose the state's next governor. Democrat Jon Corzine is pressing to add to his single digit lead, while Republican Doug Forrester is trying to rev up his base and use the ...

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After three years the city has finally reached a contract deal with firefighters that will mean a 17 percent salary hike for veterans but a dramatic cut in pay for new hires. WNYC's City Hall reporter Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: The average firefighter should see ...

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Community activists assailed the the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation last night at it tried to give an update on plans to take down the Deutsche Bank Building. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Site preparation for the deconstruction of the 42 story building started last month. ...

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For four years the public debate over the fate of the World Trade Center site has been over abstract concepts and designs. With little tangible progress Mayor Bloomberg has tried to jump start the stalled redevelopment effort by weighing in with a greater sense of ...

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9-11 Commission member and New School President Bob Kerry says Mayor Bloomberg and the Bush Administration have failed to properly prepare New York for another terrorist attack. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Kerry told CBS's Andrew Kurtzman that Mayor Bloomberg has failed to be a ...

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New York City Police Officer Brian Conroy has been convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the 2003 shooting death of an unarmed African man. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Officer Conroy was convicted of shooting Ousmane Zongo, a native of Burkina Faso. Zongo was working ...

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Fernando Ferrer got a much needed boost yesterday when Bill Clinton endorsed his campaign. The former president and the Mayoral hopeful drew hundreds of supporters to a once dilapidated Bronx street; WNYC's Bob Hennely reports.

REPORTER: The two appeared together in the Morisiana section of the ...

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Tonight New Jersey gubernatorial hopefuls Republican Doug Forrester and his Democratic rival Senator Jon Corzine will face off in their third debate. A contest that many thought was Corzine's to lose is now too close to call.

With just 3 weeks to go in the race, ...

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The state of New Jersey and a national child right's advocacy group have just ten days to head off a lawsuit that could result in a federal takeover of New Jersey's beleagured child welfare agency. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

The clock starts running today on ...

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First Lady Laura Bush visits Newark, New Jersey today to campaign for Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Forrester. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

The First Lady arrives as Forrester continues to close in on the Democratic front runner Senator Jon Corzine. Corzine has seen his double digit ...

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As the mayoral race moves toward the final lap -- Democrat Fernando Ferrer has been invoking the Old Testament a lot. He casts himself as David, the giant-slayer and Mayor Bloomberg as Goliath, vulnerable to the little guy with a stone in his sling.

But it ...

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In their second debate, New Jersey Gubernatorial candidates Doug Forrester and Jon Corzine peppered each other with questions. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

Polls show the governor's race is nearly neck-and-neck, and last night was the first time the two men were allowed to ask each other ...

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The court appointed monitors overseeing New Jersey's efforts at reforming its troubled child welfare system are expected to issue a negative review of the state's efforts today. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

A preliminary report of today's findings obtained by WNYC takes the state to task ...

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For the second time since the London subway bombings New Yorkers were told last night by Mayor Bloomberg and Police Chief Ray Kelly that they had enough specific information about a specific threat to the city mass transit system to ratchet up security. But reports ...

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Two of Democratic mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer's top supporters helped Mayor Bloomberg launch a program to reduce unmemployment in communities of color. WNYC's Bob Hennelly was there.

The impetus for the job plan came from Ferrer's backer Congressman Charles Rangel. He first floated the idea earlier ...

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Sources close to the investigation into the blaze at an Irvington Motel that left three dead say motel residents may have ignored fire alarms. That is because in the past they had gone off frequently when there was no fire. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: ...