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NJ Assembly Picks New Speaker

January 10, 2006

by Bob Hennelly

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 politicia....

Quinn Elected Council Speaker

January 04, 2006

by Bob Hennelly

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 abst....

Speaker Quinn Would be First Woman, First Openly-Gay

January 04, 2006

by Bob Hennelly

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 Spea....

"Speaker" Christine Quinn?

January 03, 2006

by Bob Hennelly

Manhattan Councilwoman Christine Quinn says her six rivals for the leadership position of the council have dropped out, paving the way for her to be elected Council Speaker tomorrow. Quinn spoke pub....

High-Risk Cities to Get Bigger Slice of Security Funding

January 03, 2006

by Bob Hennelly

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 Cherto....

Quinn's Rivals for Speakership Drop Out

January 03, 2006

by Bob Hennelly

Manhattan City Councilwoman Christine Quinn says all of her rivals for the City Council Speakership have dropped out and that she expects to be elected to the city's second most powerful post tomorro....

NJ Health University Announces Deal with Feds

December 29, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

The nation's largest freestanding health sciences university is expected to announce a deal today that allows the school to avoid criminal prosecution. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more on the deal put t....

NJ Medical and Dental University Facing Federal Takeover

December 28, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

New Jersey's University of Medicine and Dentistry may be facing a future with a federal monitor overseeing its finances. This is the likely result of ongoing negotiations among the public medical sch....

A Look at TWU President Roger Toussaint

December 21, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

In recent years organized labor has increasingly been reluctant to resort to striking. Now for the third time in it's seventy year history the City's Transportation Workers Union has decided to buck ....

Threat of Strike Takes toll on Economy

December 19, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

In his toughest language yet Mayor Bloomberg said any strike by city subway workers would be and "reprehesible" and that just the threat of one was laready taking a toll on the city economy. WNYC's B....

Mayor Says Garment Industry Will Rebound

December 13, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

Ten years ago New York City's garment industry employed over 100,000 people. Today just a third of those jobs are still based in the city. But as WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports, Mayor Bloomberg thinks ....

Corzine to Tap Menendez for Senate Seat

December 08, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

Governor elect Jon Corzine is expected to tap Hudson County Congressman Robert Menendez to fill out the year remaining on his U.S. Senate term. WNYC's Robert Hennelly has more. The 51-year-old Mene....

Bloomberg's Administration Remains Much the Same

December 01, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

One of Mayor Bloomberg's top deputies is leaving, but he says his second term administration will look a lot like the current one. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more. REPORTER: Mayor Bloomberg says 47 of....

NJ May Abandon "Clean Elections" Program

November 29, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

The New Jersey Clean Elections Commission will hold hearings on why a pilot program to publicly finance Assembly races failed. WNYC 's Bob Hennelly has more. Campaign finance reformers cheered when....

Trade Center Plan Needs Re-Negotiation

November 18, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

The chairman of the Port Authority says the plan for a new World Trade Center needs to be re-negotiated to pick up the pace of development. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more. REPORTER: The lack of progr....

The Corzine Transition

November 17, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

Senator Jon Corzine broke campaign spending records for the second time in his short political career to win a prize he coveted: the New Jersey governer's office. So just what did Corzine win? A sta....

NJ Public Colleges Comply with Executive Order

November 17, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

New Jersey's public colleges are scrambling to see if members on their Board of Trustees have a potential conflicts of interest now illegal under executive order. Acting New Jersey Governor Richard C....

Corzine Must Fix State Tranportation Fund

November 15, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

New Jersey Governor-elect Jon Corzine will inherit a state transportation system that faces a major funding crisis. But he and most lawmakers are reluctant to resort to the usual fix -- Raising the ....

Codey Makes Most of Final Months

November 14, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

Even though acting governor Codey has just two months left in office he plans on trying to push some landmark legislation into law on the way out. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more. New Jersey anti-smoki....

Corzine Must Pick Senate Replacement

November 10, 2005

by Bob Hennelly

Long before New Jersey Governor elect Jon Corzine takes the oath of office on january 17th he faces his first major political test in deciding who gets to complete his US Senate term. WNYC's Bob Hen....