Officials Question Fees Public Pensions Pay to Private Managers
Every year, pension funds in New York and New Jersey spend hundreds of millions of dollars in fees to Wall Street managers in charge of investing their assets.The fees themselves are fairly standard...
View ArticleNJ Offers Tax Breaks to Political Donor
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority is offering New Jersey American Water $164 million dollars in tax credits over 10 years to build a new headquarters in Camden. In return, it says the...
View ArticleChristie Signs Budget, Vetoes Tax Hikes
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed off on a $33.8 billion budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.He also vetoed Democrats' plan to raise taxes on millionaires and corporations. The...
View ArticlePuerto Rico in Debt; Prison Manhunt Prompts FBI Investigation; Stephen Fry
Mayor de Blasio had some choice words for Governor Cuomo, accusing him of "game playing" and acting out of "revenge" rather than public interest. Juan Manuel Benitez discusses the feud between mayor...
View ArticleOfficials Tangle, and Tango, Over Funding for Trans-Hudson Tunnel
A senior Amtrak official says commuters as well as long-distance rail passengers will face even more trouble crossing the Hudson River unless another train tunnel gets built.Stephen Gardner, Amtrak...
View ArticleIn Tunnel Funding Squabble, Schumer Steps In
The day after an Amtrak official warned that July's delays for NJ Transit riders could become the "norm," New York Sen. Charles Schumer told an audience of transportation experts that failing to build...
View ArticleGov. Christie Talks Tunnel with Feds
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx says the need for a new tunnel under the Hudson River is "one of the most important infrastructure projects in the country right now that's not happening."...
View ArticleOfficials: 'We Can't Delay' New Hudson Tunnel
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx met with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez to discuss building a new Hudson River rail tunnel. The meeting...
View ArticleChristie and Cuomo Promise $10B Towards Massive Hudson Tunnel
After a summer dominated by delays for NJ Transit riders, the governors of New York and New Jersey are now offering to pay for half the cost of an estimated $20 billion tunnel project under the Hudson...
View ArticleThe Political Gabfest: The "I Am Not a Bully" Edition
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Chris Christie scandal, the Republican poverty push, and the sad case of a brain-dead woman and her...
View ArticleThe "Bibi, Vidi, Vici" Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Supreme Court's ObamaCare case, Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming speech to Congress, and whether Chris Christie's presidential campaign has...
View ArticleChristie Hits Home With Drug Addiction Story, but Can't Empathize With...
Click above to hear a minute of Frank Greenagel, a professor at the Rutgers School of social work and an addiction and recovery treatment counselor who was appointed to the Governor's Council on...
View ArticleDemocratic Candidates Respond to Paris, Forecast Foreign Policy
Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy for WNYC News, recaps the second Democratic debate and each candidates' proposals for foreign policy actions after a string of terrorist attacks...
View ArticleThe "Bibi, Vidi, Vici" Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Supreme Court's ObamaCare case, Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming speech to Congress, and whether Chris Christie's presidential campaign has...
View ArticleKeeping up With the Candidates in the Face of Breaking News
The recent events in Paris, Colorado Springs, San Bernardino, and elsewhere have prompted 2016 candidates to respond to security issues at home and abroad.Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics...
View ArticleChristie Delivers State of the State, Taking Aim at Local and National...
As Chris Christie continues his run for the GOP nomination for president, WNYC and NJPR reporter Matt Katz (the creator of The Christie Tracker) recapped the governor's sixth State of the State...
View ArticleMatt Katz Describes an American Governor (Guess Which One)
Matt Katz, WNYC and New Jersey Public Radio reporter who covers Chris Christie and is the creator of The Christie Tracker and the author of American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge to Redemption...
View ArticleAbsentee Christie; Debating Electability; An Astronaut Comes Back to Earth
Coming up on today's show:The New Yorker's Evan Osnos discusses the major talking points in the 2016 presidential race, heading into Super Tuesday.WNYC's Matt Katz on New Jersey Governor Chris...
View ArticleChris Christie’s Trump Endorsement Alienates Allies
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has caused a lot of "shock" and "dismay" in his inner circle and with his political allies after he endorsed Donald Trump as the GOP nominee in the 2016 presidential...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Looming Transit Strikes
Five days before NJ Transit rail workers could go out on strike, Gov. Chris Christie left the state to vacation with his wife to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary."It's not the job of the...
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