Bob Hennelly

In the wake of Sandy's unprecedented, prolonged blackout, New Jersey's utility regulator plans to explore ways the state's power grid can be made less vulnerable to high winds and flooding.

President Obama and Republicans in Congress have yet to agree on a solution to the impending fiscal cliff, a package of tax hikes and spending cuts set to go into effect in the New Ye...

Thanks to a preliminary aerial assessment done by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, New Jersey officials and residents are getting a clearer picture of just how wide a swath of destruction Sandy cut through the Garden State.  

New Jersey is now going about the painstaking task of assessing the damage done by Sandy and determining what can be replaced and what is lost forever.   A spokesman for Governor Christie confirms that the Governor expects to have a preliminary dollar estimate Friday of the damage wrought by Sandy.

In Mendham Township, Ruth Eckert put her family's plight of being without power for 12 days on a handmade sign.

"I haven't been able to get any information" from Jersey Central Power and Light, Eckert said.

After Sandy: Schools and Displaced Students

With better weather predicted over the next few days,  utility crews throughout the region are expected to pick  up the pace of power restoration. But outages will persist into next week and it is local officials who are feeling the heat

Governor Chris Christie said Wednesday he'd worked "very hard" for Mitt Romney and the Republican ticket and argued he didn't "embrace" President Barack Obama.  Christie has been under fire from some conservative commentators for overly-effusive praise of the President in the wake of storm Sandy.

WNYC's Richard Hake and NJPR's David Furst provide extended news coverage of the election results and the latest on recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy with WNYC's Bob Hennelly. Plus, WNYC business editor Charlie Herman talks about this morning's stock market.

All day the WNYC newsroom is keeping their eye on your reports and questions on Twitter using #NYVote and #NJVote.

In the wake of Sandy and on the eve of national elections we continue extended news with WNYC's Richard Hakeand NJPR's David Furst, plus WNYC's Bob Hennelly and NJPR's Nancy Solomon report on commuting between New Jersey and New York and the latest on power restoration.

Several New Jersey communities are still struggling in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy. Residents in some areas are banding together to help each other out, and solidifying a sense ...

Coping After Sandy

Andrea Bernstein, David Furst, Richard Hake and Bob Hennelly of WNYC's newsroom check in on water advisories in New Jersey and transit developments in the area.  Plus, FEMA coordinator Mike Byrne calls in and WNYC's Stephen Nessen from Breezy Point.

On Bordentown Road in the Old Bridge section of Sayreville, N.J.,  traumatized residents begged Governor Chris Christie to come and view what Sandy had wrought. What he saw was one home after another where the force of Sandy had moved homes off their foundations

WNYC’s Bob Hennelly gives us an update on the effects of Hurricane Sandy on New Jersey. We’ll also be taking calls: 646-829-3980!

NJ residents: Let us know how you are faring—leave a comment!

Governor Chris Christie called for mandatory evacuations of barrier islands from Sandy Hook to Cape May. Are you in a flood zone? Check out WNYC's NY-NJ storm surge map.

Money flooding in politics after the Citizens United Supreme Court decision isn't only affecting the presidential campaign.  A new Brennan Center for Justice report says money is flooding in to House races as well, including three in New York, in hopes of affecting the balance of power in congress.

The arrest of a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man who came to the U.S. on a student visa and allegedly plotted to blow up the Federal Reserve Building in Lower Manhattan has prompted calls for greater scrutiny of the nation’s international student visa program.

WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly discusses Mayor Bloomberg's new Super PAC, as well as the foiled plot to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.