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The mayor of Hoboken, N.J., is accusing Gov. Chris Christie's administration of withholding Superstorm Sandy relief money from her city after she refused to approve a redevelopment project he favored. Mayor Dawn Zimmer, appearing Saturday on MSNBC's "Up With Steve Kornacki," said Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and Richard Constable, Christie's community affairs commissioner, delivered messages from the governor early last year to warn her that the relief money would be blocked if the project wasn't approved. Zimmer, a Democrat who has been supportive of Republican Christie, did not approve the project. And when she requested $127 million in hurricane relief to help in Hoboken's rebuilding efforts in the wake of Sandy, which left the city 80 percent under water in October 2012, the city got a mere $142,000 to cover a backup generator and $200,000 in recovery grants. “The bottom line is, it’s not fair for the governor to hold Sandy funds hostage for the city of Hoboken because he wants me to give back to one private developer,” Zimmer said Saturday.
thedudedoesnotabide
reply to post by ownbestenemy
she* and who's to say she didn't try and speak out prior to this and is just being heard now. I would suggest taking a bit of your own advice and read some of the articles before formulating an opinion.
thedudedoesnotabide
reply to post by ownbestenemy
Read my previous post, living in hoboken when the storm happened i have first hand account of how much negligence occurred at the time, which is why I can see how such claims could be substantiated... all speculation however. not to mention this type of strong arming happens quite often in politics well outside of jersey, not too far of a stretch to assume something peculiar was going on.
"I know it’s very complicated for the public to really understand all of this, but I have a legal obligation to follow the law, to bring balanced development to Hoboken.”