Bob Hennelly

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The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation paid millions to contractors whose job it was to ensure the Deutsche Bank building was a safe place to work for those dismantling the high-rise. But as WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports, they may not have gotten what the paid for.

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All work remains suspended at the Deutsche Bank building while the prime Contractor on the project has agreed to meet with local community members. Representatives of Bovis Lend Lease are expected to appear before Lower Manhattan's Community Board 1 at its next meeting. No date ...

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Two firefighters have been injured in an accident at the toxic, abandoned Deutsche Bank building. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

It was supposed to be a day of making the hulking ruin less hazardous by securing debris churned up by last weekends 7-alarm fire. But all ...

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GRILLO: It appears that there was no oversight.

REPORTER: That's lower Manhattan resident Jean Grillo talking about living with the ill-fated Deutsche Bank Building as a neighbor.

GRILLO: There were all these people hired to do certain things and nobody seems to be able to tell the ...

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Part of the scaffolding at the former Deutsche Bank building collapsed just before 2pm injuring 2 fire fighters and possibly others. WNYC's Bob Hennelly joins us now from the site of the collapse.

Even as the city was paying last respects to one of its bravest ...

In the wake of the blaze at the Deutsche Bank building, the firefighters union and Lower Manhattan residents are looking for answers. WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly reports on the latest developments.

A republican consultant is the likely culprit behind a threatening message on Governor Spitzer's father's answering machine. New York Times Albany bureau chief Danny Hakim and WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly report on the details.

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The Manhattan District Attorney has launched a criminal probe into Saturday's fatal fire. Meanwhile, the State Attorney General has opened up his own investigation. Those inquiries may not produce answers for months. But, as WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports, the Community Board representing nearby residents is ...

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African-American and Latino community leaders in Newark are trying keep this month's triple murder from creating racial tension. We get more from WNYC's Bob Hennelly.

REPORTER: Councilman Luis Quintana says the City of Newark can not let the murders of three African American college students allegedly ...

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A new intelligence assessment from the NYPD finds the threat from "homegrown" terrorists is growing rapidly. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: The NYPD analysis is based in a detailed review of several high profile terrorist attacks and plots that originated from self styled jihadist cells ...

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The brutal murder of three promising Newark college students earlier this month continues to be a major catalyst for change in New Jersey. Governor Jon Corzine was joined by Newark Mayor Cory Booker to announce several initiatives to reduce gun violence and bolster the community's faith ...

Jose Carranza, the suspected group leader in last weeks triple murder in Newark, had previously been arrested for sexual assault and abuse. On the Saturday of the shooting he was out on bail, WNYC's Bob Hennelly, examines Carranza's rap sheet and why his immigration status did not raise any red ...

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The New York Police Department has released what it calls the first comprehensive analysis of homegrown terrorism and the path people take to becoming radical Islamists.

According to the NYPD, homegrown terrorists are self-motivated, and decentralized, posing significant challenges to law enforcement agencies. and it says ...

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An analysis by the New York Police Department's Intelligence Division of post September 11th terrorists plots in Western nations, has found the risk of homegrown and self-directed attacks has grown exponentially. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has this report.

REPORTER: If the rational for the war in Iraq ...

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Despite New York City's consistent decline in homicides, young men of color continue to be the most likely victims. As WNYC's Robert Hennelly reports this weekend was no exception.

It read like an Iraqi combat report. Just over a 48-hour period gunfire in separate city incidents ...

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The most frequent complaint heard from City commuters during Wednesday's subway chaos was the total lack of information coming from the MTA and other regional transport agencies. But as WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports it was a very different story for some New Jersey Transit customers.

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Rebuilding efforts in Lower Manhattan are seeing real progress, although all the construction underway remains a source of tension between residents and contractors. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

For years the shrouded 41-story Deutsche Bank tower cast a shadow over the World Trade Center site. Now ...

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A Federal judge has ordered the City to turn over some of the N-Y-P-D'S secret intelligence documents to lawyers representing people arrested during the 2OO4 Republican National Convention. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Federal Judge James Francis rejected the City's arguments that any disclosure of ...

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A Federal judge ruled the City must turn over the New York Police Department's secret intelligence documents generated during preparations for the 2004 Republican National Convention. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

At issue thousands of pages of secret material, some of which may be related to ...

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The computer screening system to track potential terrorists coming into the US is vulnerable to hacking, according to US Senator Joe Lieberman. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

The Connecticut Independent, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee, says the $1.7 billion US Visit computer system could be ...