Bob Hennelly

WNYC

Bob Hennelly appears in the following:

High-Risk Cities to Get Bigger Slice of Security Funding

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

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 Chertoff says $765 million is available for 35 metropolitan areas, but it's not guaranteed. Each area ...

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"Speaker" Christine Quinn?

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

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 publicly for the first time about her promotion. WNYC's Bob Hennelly was there and ...

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NJ Health University Announces Deal with Feds

Thursday, December 29, 2005

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 together for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

Under the terms of ...

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NJ Medical and Dental University Facing Federal Takeover

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

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 school, the state and Federal prosecutors. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

The long standing Federal ...

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A Look at TWU President Roger Toussaint

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

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 that trend and is risking a million dollar a day in fines in ...

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Threat of Strike Takes toll on Economy

Monday, December 19, 2005

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 Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Mayor Bloomberg says if the TWU ...

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Mayor Says Garment Industry Will Rebound

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

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 the industry is poised for a comeback.

REPORTER: Globilzation and the traffic ...

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Corzine to Tap Menendez for Senate Seat

Thursday, December 08, 2005

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 Menendez was first elected to the House in 1992. He won his first elective office ...

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Bloomberg's Administration Remains Much the Same

Thursday, December 01, 2005

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 the current top ranking 50 agency heads will stay on. One major ...

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NJ May Abandon "Clean Elections" Program

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

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 the "Clean Elections" pilot program was put into place last year. It meant that New ...

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Trade Center Plan Needs Re-Negotiation

Friday, November 18, 2005

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 progress at Ground Zero has irked Mayor Bloomberg and the Port ...

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NJ Public Colleges Comply with Executive Order

Thursday, November 17, 2005

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 Codey has forbidden trustees from doing private business with the same college they are ...

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The Corzine Transition

Thursday, November 17, 2005

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 state government with 70,000 workers and a multi-billion dollar budget gap. WNYC's ...

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Corzine Must Fix State Tranportation Fund

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

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 state's gasoline tax while motorists are getting punnished at the pump. WNYC'S ...

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Codey Makes Most of Final Months

Monday, November 14, 2005

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-smoking activists are hailing Codey's commitment to enact a state-wide indoor smoking ...

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Corzine Must Pick Senate Replacement

Thursday, November 10, 2005

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 Hennelly reports.

No matter who Corzine picks for the remaining year ...

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Corzine Faces Fiscal and Political Challenges

Thursday, November 10, 2005

New Jersey Governor-elect Jon Corzine has two months to prepare for his new job, but he faces some of toughest fiscal challenges of any state in the nation. WNYC's Bob hennelly reports he is turning to a veteran public administator to chart his course.

Corzine has ...

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NJ State Assembly Also up for Grabs

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

For New Jersey voters, today is not only the day they pick their next Governor, but the entirety of the state Assembly. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

The Democrats have a strong grip on New Jersey's lower house, with 47 seats compared to the GOP's 33. ...

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Corzine, Forrester Agree on Drug Treatment

Monday, November 07, 2005

Despite the bitter tome of the New Jersey gubernatorial campaign Republican Doug Forrester and Democrat Jon Corzine actually agree on some things. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: New Jersey has the highest percentage of inmate incarceration for non-violent drug offenses in the country, costing more ...

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Lieut. Gov for New Jersey?

Monday, November 07, 2005

New Jersey voters tomorrow get to decide whether their state should join the 42 others that have Lieutenant Governors. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

If approved by voters the first Lieutenant Governor would be elected as part of a Gubenatorial ticket starting in 2009. Under the existing ...

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