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While violent crime rates have started to creep back up in some US cities, New York has bucked the trend. But even with the homicide rate at an historic low, there are still nights like this past Tuesday. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.

REPORTER: From roughly 7:30 ...

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More than 600 pages of documents related to the NYPD's surveillance of potential protestors prior to the 2004 Republican National Convention are now public. WNYC’s “All Things Considered” host Amy Eddings talks to Bob Hennelly about the city’s decision not to appeal a judge’s order ...

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New Jersey's budget-making process picks up tempo today with reports to legislators on the state's most-recent revenues. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

All the stakeholders in the state's budget process know things are going to be tight. But just how tight will depend on how well ...

On today’s first Underreported, WNYC’s own Bob Hennelly reports on the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to close the Environmental Measurements Laboratory--a federal nuclear detection lab in Manhattan that was started in 1947--as part of a larger effort to cut costs. And we discuss last week’s Congressional hearings (which addressed ...

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On the same day that New York Senator Charles Schumer called for scuttling the Department of Homeland Security other members of Congress from the region are applauding an increase in the grants awarded locally by the Department of Homeland Security. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

Both ...

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Following remarks by the Governor of Kansas that her state lacked the National Guard resources to respond to a tornado because of the war in Iraq, New York's top homeland security official is weighing in. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: State Homeland Security Chief Michael ...

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While the National Guard is out in full force in Iraq, the Pentagon has short-changed the Guard's traditional duties of emergency response in the US. This, according to a federal commission. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has a local look.

In June of 2006, Governor George Pataki told ...

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A federal judge has ruled that the city must publicly release 600 pages of confidential NYPD intelligence documents that were generated ahead of the 2004 Republican National Convention. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

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Congress will take a look at whether it's safe to shut down a Manhattan federal lab that monitors radiation levels in the city. First Responders say the facility is essential because of its ability to help with a radioactive dirty bomb. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has ...

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Why would the federal Department of Homeland Security, in the years after the Nine Eleven terrorist attacks, with fears of dirty bombs and radiological attacks, dismantle a federal lab that studies radiation?

That's the question a House Committee explored today in a hearing on the fate ...

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Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars to save New Jersey's open spaces, the state continues to lose its battle against sprawl, according to the Department of Environmental Protection. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

The latest DEP data shows the state continues to lose 15,000 acres ...

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Throughout the region, rallies are being staged in support of undocumented immigrants. But in Morristown, New Jersey, protestors will be zeroing in on that town's plan to have local police act as federal immigration officers. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: Morristown mayor Donald Cresitello says ...

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With Governor Jon Corzine expected to leave the hospital sometime this week, focus in Trenton is expected to shift back to the pending state budget. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

Later today, it will be Attorney General Stewart Rabner's turn to come before the Senate Budget ...

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Today, the Port Authority is expected to vote on an ambitious rehabilitation and redevelopment plan for its midtown bus terminal. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

If the Port Authority commissioners approve what they are presented today, the midtown bus terminal will undergo the biggest transformation since ...

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Part of Mayor Bloomberg's plan to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution is to support the construction of a second passenger rail tunnel under the Hudson River. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

For the thousands of New Jersey Transit users from both states, a second tunnel ...

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No doubt many of the environmental goals laid out in Mayor Bloomberg's 2030 Sustainability plan are new but the notion of creating an independent authority to help achieve them is not. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: To deal with the City's energy and transportation challenges, ...

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Newark Mayor Cory Booker claims Newark is hot right now, with development projects booming and a sense of optimism in the air. Still, crime is high and the financial health of the city is shaky at best. WNYC's Bob Hennelly caught up with Booker at ...

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For a lame duck, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been very busy politicking lately. He's held a series of high-profile events that were all about increasing his visibility.

Two days after the Virginia Tech tragedy he was in front of dozens of mayors in Jersey City who ...

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It's school board election day in New Jersey, but only 15% of eligible voters are expected to cast ballots. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

More than 1,600 Board of Education seats are at stake in New Jersey's 550 school districts and the fate of billions of ...