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Credit Crisis Take a Toll on New York City Housing Market
November 01, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
A rising number of foreclosures and the global credit crisis are taking a toll on New York City's residential market, which was long considered bullet-proof. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more: REPORTER: ....
City Checks Buildings After Concrete Co. Indictments
October 31, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
New York City inspectors are re-checking scores of buildings now that a Manhattan grand jury has indicted employees from one of the region's biggest concrete testing companies. WNYC's Bob Hennelly h....
Concrete Company's Indictment Calls Several New Buildings into Question
October 30, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
Buildings inspectors are testing the concrete of scores of new buildings in all five boroughs, after a Manhattan grand jury indicted one of the region's biggest concrete testing companies for falsify....
NJ Handles 250,000 Absentee Ballots
October 30, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
Officials in New Jersey say they're ready to handle what's expected to be record-high voter turnout next week. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has this update. REPORTER: County election officials reported a re....
NY Gov: Tax Hikes Unlikely This Year
October 29, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
Governor Paterson says a deepening recession means that he and the state legislature have to find another $2 billion in cuts for the current budget year, and another $45 billion in cuts through 2012.....
Governor Paterson's Budget Prognosis Grim
October 28, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
Governor David Paterson took to a podium at his Midtown Manhattan office and offered a grim prognosis for New York State's economic health. His midyear assessment finds that Wall Street revenues hav....
NJ Election Officials Tackle Absentee Voting
October 28, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
Today is the last day for New Jersey residents to apply by mail to get an absentee ballot for next month's election. As WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports, election officials are already swamped by absente....
Council to Vote on Term Limits Bill
October 23, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
Later today the full City Council will take up Mayor Bloomberg's controversial bill to extend term limits from two terms to three. A judge declined to stop the vote yesterday. With us now to previe....
Powerful Healthcare Union Backs Referendum
October 21, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
Even though a formal date has not been set for the final City Council vote on Mayor Bloomberg's bill to extend term limits, the battle over the measure continues to intensify. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has....
Public Hearing on Term Limits Today
October 16, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
For weeks now the debate over Mayor Bloomberg's Council bill to overturn term limits has been dominated by politicians and wealthy power brokers. Today it's the public's turn. WNYC's Bob Hennelly ha....
Term Limit Debate Heats Up Ahead of Public Hearing
October 15, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
Whether or not to extend term limits will come down to a few votes in the City Council. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more on efforts to sway the undecided council members. REPORTER: Opponents of the may....
3rd Term Battle
October 09, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
At first the conventional wisdom was that an unusually popular second-term mayor would have no trouble getting 26 City Council members to go along with his plan to upend term limits. But now it appe....
Upstate Players Enter Term Limits Debate
October 09, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
The battle over Mayor Bloomberg's third-term gambit has now gone statewide. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has this update. REPORTER: The conventional wisdom was that an unusually popular second-term mayor wou....
Term Limit Opposition Mounts
October 08, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
Mayor Bloomberg's bid to lift term limits and run for a third term is far from a done deal. As WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports there appears to be growing opposition to the Mayor's bill. REPORTER: On th....
Quinn Reticent on Term Limit Position
October 07, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
As Mayor Bloomberg's bill to repeal term limits was introduced to the City Council, the body's speaker, Christine Quinn, has yet to take a position on the controversial measure. Speaker Quinn says sh....
City Lawmakers get First Look at Term Limits Bill Today
October 07, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
City lawmakers get their first look today at the language in Mayor Bloomberg's bill to extend term limits. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports on what's next. City Council members have yet to see the Bloom....
Council Members Debate Term Limits
October 06, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
Several Council members heading into this afternoon's Democratic caucus said they were still undecided about how to vote on repealing term limits without going back to voters that have twice cast bal....
Dem Caucus to Debate Term Limits
October 06, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
Democrats will meet behind closed doors today with Council Speaker Christine Quinn to decide what to do with Mayor Bloomberg's call to change the city's term limits law. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports.....
Mayor Bloomberg Ready for Third Term
October 02, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
In announcing his push for a third term, a somber Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he is motivated by a looming global financial meltdown that could have dire consequences for New York City. He said the....
WTC Redevelopment Moves Forward
October 02, 2008
by Bob Hennelly
The Port Authority will be announcing a new timetable this morning for the construction they're responsible for at the World Trade Center site. At the helm is the agency's Executive Director Chris W....