Bob Hennelly

New York, NY —

One of the most conservative Republican Congressmen in the New York's delegation has been tapped to be the chair of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's re-election drive.

The appointment of Staten Island Congressman Vito Fossella, who also represents parts of Brooklyn, will no doubt help the Mayor walk ...

Spring rains and flooding aren't the only things New York City motorists have to put up with today. Potholes that formed over the winter are also still causing headaches. And in a yearly spring ritual, the Mayor says it's time to fill them in.

Three consecutive hard winters have taken a ...

Morris County, NJ —

A Morris County man has been indicted for shining a hand held laser at a plane and lying about it to the FBI.

Federal prosecutors say in December 38 year-old David Banach focused his green laser into the cockpit of a chartered plane. It was flying ...

New York, NY —

The New York City Police Department has added the Dominican Republic to the list of countries where it stations a permanent liason.

Police commissioner Ray Kelly says increased cooperation with officials in Santo Domingo will help both the island nation and the city fight drug trafficing ...

New York, NY —

Following the September 11th attacks, the Department of Justice's track record has been decidely mixed when it comes to cooperating with other countries to prosecute suspected terrorists.

But yesterday the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York won a major courtroom victory in the ...

New York, NY —

Following the collapse of negotiations between the NY Giants and the state of New Jersey over a new stadium, the team is considering taking NJ to court to improve the existing stadium.

The Giants have also said they wouldn't rule out joining the Jets in their ...

New York, NY —

Cablevision has refused to sell air time to boosters of the proposed Westside Stadium it opposes. The move is entirely legal, but it may raise broader ethical issues. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

New York University Journalism Professor Jay Rosen says Cablevision's refusal is a logical ...

New York, NY —

The trial of police officer Bryan Conroy has ended in a mistrial, as jurors declared themselves hopelessly deadlocked.

Conroy was on trial for shooting and killing an unarmed immigrant from the African nation of Burkina Faso during a raid on a Chelsea warehouse in 2003.

WNYC's Bob ...

Trenton, NJ —

A panel of experts has been working with a Federal court to reform New Jersey's beleaguered child welfare system. And that panel's first report is due out today.

The report is expected to provide a mixed review. The state will get praise for greatly reducing the time ...

Union County, NJ —

Well over a thousand people packed the Westfield Armory in Union County New Jersey to hear President Bush make his case for overhauling social security. WNYC's Bob Hennelly was there.

President Bush told the crowd that by 2018 the social security safety net for the nation's ...

New York, NY —

Jury deliberations are expected to continue today in the case of City police officer Bryan Conroy. He's on trail for the shooting death of Ousmane Zongo, a West African immigrant.

Judge Daniel Fitzgerald instructed jurors that to convict Officer Conroy of second degree manslaughter they would ...

New York, NY —

New Jersey's acting governor, Richard Codey, did not mince words in his budget proposal to state lawmakers today. In 25 minutes, Codey outlined a budget for 2006 that he says would cut spending by 2%, or 600 million dollars.

That 2% reduction would be the largest ...

New York, NY —

Lawyers for a Yemeni Sheik charged with helping fund Al Qaeda... are hoping a consultant for the CIA and British intelligence can help rebut the government's case.

NYU Professor Bernard Hykel is an Arab studies and language scholar, and an expert on Yemeni politics. Despite prosecutors' ...

New York, NY —

If you drive on a highway, check into a hospital, ride a subway or flush a toilet chances are you are a customer of an independent authority in New York State.

The number of these authorities has grown to more than 730. In the wake of ...

New York, NY —

Mayor Bloomberg has acknowledged hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers live in substandard illegal apartments like the ones in the Bronx that caught fire last month killing two firefighters. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

Mayor Bloomberg says the city's push to clamp down on illegal apartment ...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says President Bush's budget proposal is a mixed bag for the city. He says city housing and education programs could take a hit and he was concerned about the cuts to Amtrak.

Bloomberg: "We got to work with the Congress and the President and improve these sections we ...

Mayor Bloomberg is praising President Bush's budget for including money for a project he says is essential to revitalizing downtown.

Mayor Bloomberg says President Bush's new budget will fully fund the Federal portion of the $6 billion dollar tunnel and rail line that will link lower Manhattan to Brooklyn, Queens and ...

New York, NY —

Today, a Senate Committee considers President Bush's choice as Secretary of Homeland Security. The nominee to replace Tom Ridge is Michael Chertoff, a New Jersey native.

WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

New York, NY —

Mayor Bloomberg had good news for New Yorkers: No tax hikes, no layoffs and a second round of the $400 property tax rebate. But he did sound one ominous note that will mean harder and harder choices for budget makers beyond next year.

Bloomberg is telling ...

New York, NY —

If calls to 311 are any barometer, New Yorkers are increasingly concerned enough about the homeless to make a phone call on their behalf. Instead of the normal 10 to 20 daily call volume on the issue the city got 230 on Saturday.