Hoboken Mayor Seeks Aid from Congress
Sandy caused more than $100 million in damages to Hoboken, according to the city's mayor, Dawn Zimmer. She presented her case for federal assistance before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Businesses...
View ArticleNY and NJ Town Hall: Using Sandy Aid
We will be checking in with local communities and discussing how the FEMA aid should be distributed throughout their neighborhoods. Domenic Recchia, City Councilman for the 47th district, Dawn Zimmer,...
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Hoboken Slowly Getting Back to Normal
Three months after Sandy sent floodwaters streaming through the streets of Hoboken, things look mostly back to normal. But behind the scenes, the recovery continues.More than half of the workers of...
View ArticleHoboken Mayor Wants to Wall In Her City
For people who thought barriers around cities became unfashionable when the Berlin Wall fell two decades ago, consider this: The mayor of Hoboken, N.J., thinks walls may be the best way to protect this...
View ArticleYo La Tengo: In-Studio on Valentine's Day
If you dread Valentine's Day -- the gooey candy, the cheap champagne, the skyrocketing cost of flowers -- take solace in today's delicate in-studio performance from Yo La Tengo. The veteran indie rock...
View ArticleHoboken Mayor; They Might Be Giants; Oscars Recap
Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer talks about how to protect the city from future disasters similar to Superstorm Sandy. Plus: Steven Dennis from Roll Call on the latest from Washington; They Might Be Giants...
View ArticleProtecting Hoboken
Will walling in Hoboken prevent the next Sandy? Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, discusses her ideas for protecting the city against future storms, including building two walls to protect from flooding.
View ArticleOld Water Pipes, New Development...Big Problem
A string of water main breaks in Hoboken last week is causing the city to take a closer look at its aging drinking water system.The city has had to repair anywhere from 12 to 37 water mains each year....
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PATH Officials: Several More Weeks Before Hoboken Service Is Back
Closed Hoboken PATH train station (Brigid Bergin/WNYC)(Brigid Bergin - New York, NY, WNYC) PATH train service in and out of Hoboken, New Jersey, remains suspended leaving commuters with options like...
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PATH Service To Hoboken To Resume Wednesday
Security camera footage captures flooding in the Hoboken PATH station, 10/29/12One of the longest running service outages caused by storm Sandy is about to end.PATH train commuter service is about to...
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No Free Rides? PATH Says Au Contraire, Hoboken
(photo by AgentAkit via flickr)Hoboken residents -- who endured seven-plus weeks of no PATH train service, post-Sandy -- are getting a month's worth of free rides.The Port Authority of New York and New...
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PATH Service Restored Between Hoboken-World Trade Center
Hoboken's PATH station (photo by Sean Marshall via flickr)For the first time since Sandy struck the Northeast 13 weeks ago, PATH trains will roll once again between Hoboken and the World Trade...
View ArticleSlideshow: NJ Transit's Hoboken Terminal, Six Months After Sandy
The 106-year-old Hoboken Terminal -- a nationally significant transit hub connecting tens of thousands of people a day to rail, bus, PATH trains and ferry service to Manhattan -- was immersed in five...
View ArticleNo Docking Stations Needed: A 'Smarter' Bike Share
Just a few days after New York starts up its bike share, Hoboken, N.J. will offer its own, more high-tech program.Hoboken’s bikes have a built-in lock that replaces the need for bike docking stations,...
View ArticleGoodbye Maxwell's
Todd Abramson, booker and co-owner of Maxwell's, discusses the decision to close the legendary venue and how Hoboken has changed since it opened in 1978.
View ArticleStill Flood-Prone, Hoboken Braces for Rainy Week
With more heavy rains in the forecast this week, flood-prone Hoboken is on high alert.Sean Buckley has lived in Hoboken for two years now, so he’s developed a routine for rainy days like these. He...
View ArticleWhy Hoboken Doesn't Have Its 9/11 Memorial Yet
Twelve years after the September 11 attacks, Hoboken still has not built a permanent memorial to commemorate the 57 residents who died in the attacks.More than half a million dollars in grant money and...
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Go to Hoboken... Just Don't Drive
At 8 o’clock on the dot, residents parked along Washington Street in Hoboken, N.J. back their cars out of the angle-parking spots, and idle in the middle of the road. They’re bundled up in pajamas with...
View ArticlePay-Per-Charge Mobile Phone Kiosks in Hoboken
With so-called "Bridge-gate" dominating headlines in the state, it's hard to talk about anything else. But Mary Mann with New Jersey News Commons at Montclair State University gives it a...
View ArticleHoboken Residents Differ On Mayor's Allegations Against Christie Administration
Hoboken residents on Sunday were reflecting on the surprising revelations from their Mayor, Dawn Zimmer, who accused members of the Christie Administration of pressuring her to sign off on a...
View ArticleThe Law Firm at the Center of Christie's Hoboken Dispute
As the Christie Administration vehemently denies allegations that it pressured Hoboken's Mayor to sign off on a redevelopment deal in exchange for Sandy aid, a very powerful and politically-connected...
View ArticleNJ Mayor Says Concerns On Political Pressure Were Longstanding
Hoboken mayor Dawn Zimmer says an April 2013 letter to Gov. Chris Christie is evidence she long had concerns about political pressure to move forward with a re-development project in exchange for Sandy...
View ArticleNFL Players: Staying in Jersey City - Partying in Hoboken
Super Bowl coverage. It's not ALL about security issues, winter weather-prep and New Jerseyans feeling slighted by the NFL.Mary Mann with New Jersey News Commons at Montclair State University says NJ...
View ArticleWhat We Know About That Hoboken Development Deal
Mayor Dawn Zimmer alleges that Sandy funding was tied to a development deal in Hoboken. Caren Matzner, editor at the Hoboken Reporter, discusses the history of the Rockefeller project. Then Steve...
View ArticleChristie's Biggest Sandy Contractor Fired
The Christie administration has quietly cut its ties to an embattled company that had New Jersey's biggest contract for getting Sandy victims back in their homes. Homeowners and legislators had widely...
View ArticleChris Christie's Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
Scandals are swirling around New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, with new investigations or subpoenas cropping up every day — and more members of his administration being implicated. The week kicked...
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If It's Bribery, This Must Be Hoboken
Two-term mayor Anthony Russo is credited by many with changing Hoboken’s reputation as the working-class dockworker town memorialized by the classic 1954 film “On the Waterfront.”Russo revitalized...
View ArticleThree NJ Cities to Launch Regional Bike Share System
Hoboken, Jersey City and Weehawken are partnering up to launch a regional bike sharing program this summer.Hoboken's City Council was the first to approve the contract. Jersey City and Weehawken are...
View ArticleDoes Chris Christie Owe Hoboken $700,000?
The amount of Sandy aid that’s at the heart of Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s accusation against the Christie administration was initially determined through a faulty selection and scoring process,...
View ArticleHoboken Mayor Zimmer and Her Big Sandy Check
A pot of federal Sandy funds that Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer famously alleged to be part of an illegal Gov. Christie shakedown scheme will come to the city after all.At an event Monday in Little Ferry,...
View ArticleWhy Hoboken is Throwing Away All of its Student Laptops
Inside Hoboken’s combined junior-senior high school is a storage closet. Behind the locked door, some mothballed laptop computers are strewn among brown cardboard boxes. Others are stacked one atop...
View ArticleCitibike to Expand to Jersey City as Hoboken's Bike Share Goes it Alone
Walk the green waterfront oasis of Jersey City’s Liberty State Park on a summer evening and you’ll find it teeming with bicyclists. Cycling has surged in Jersey City since Mayor Steven Fulop took...
View ArticleWho Will Address Income Inequality; How Much is Too Much Stress for a High...
Coming up on today's show:In our ongoing series of debates between Bernie Sanders supporters and Hillary Clinton supporters, two New Jersey Democrats debate who would be better at addressing income...
View ArticleThe Plan to Build a Wall in Hoboken
A controversial plan to build a wall has been met with outrage.No, not that wall. The city of Hoboken has been looking for a solution to prevent floods, like when the Hudson River poured into the city...
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Train Crash in Hoboken Leads to Questions About Safety
One woman died and 108 people were injured when a rush-hour NJ Transit train crashed at Hoboken Terminal on Thursday morning. The wreck renewed questions about whether long-delayed automated safety...
View ArticleNew Jersey commuter train crash kills 1, injures 108 in Hoboken
Watch New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo discuss the Hoboken train crashA train engineer is in critical condition, following a crash at a commuter station in Hoboken, New...
View ArticleNew Jersey Train Crash Kills at Least One, Leaves 100 Wounded
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.A devastating train accident took place during the morning rush hour commute in the city of Hoboken, New Jersey on Thursday. More than 100...
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Investigators delve into mystery of Hoboken’s rush hour train crash
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Investigators in Northern New Jersey have a big question to ponder tonight: Why did a commuter train smash into a station in the midst of rush...
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News Wrap: Alabama chief justice suspended for preventing same-sex marriage...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: In the day’s other news: A disciplinary court in Alabama suspended Chief Justice Roy Moore over gay marriage. The panel found he encouraged probate...
View ArticleEvent Recorders from Hoboken Train Crash Sent for Analysis
A National Transportation Safety Board lab in Washington, D.C. is now analyzing both event recorders and a cell phone belonging to the engineer from the fatal train crash at Hoboken Terminal.The cell...
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News Wrap: Syrian, Russian forces scales back airstrikes in Aleppo
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: In the day’s other news: Syria’s military and its Russian allies scaled back airstrikes on Aleppo, but President Bashar al-Assad vowed to recapture all...
View ArticleFederal Agencies Back Off Sleep Apnea Screening Rules, But Local Transit...
In an effort to slash regulations, the Trump administration will no longer pursue a requirement that truck drivers and train engineers be screened for sleep apnea. But the disorder was blamed for the...
View ArticleNJ Transit Alters Schedules For Required Safety Work
Starting June 4, NJ Transit will alter weekday schedules, canceling some trains altogether, so that the agency can install Positive Train Control (PTC) equipment on its trains. The schedule changes...
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Plenty of Finger Pointing in Hoboken, But No Immediate Solution for Water...
After 14 water main breaks in 64 days, the city of Hoboken and its water company are pointing fingers.On Tuesday, mayor Ravi Bhalla announced the city would start looking for a new utility to run its...
View Article'The Untold Life of Peter Lee'
Author Holly Metz joins us to discuss her new book, The Untold Life of Peter Lee. This segment is guest-hosted by Jenna Flanagan.
View ArticleTraffic Safety: Who's Doing Vision Zero Right?
Despite a rise in traffic deaths and pedestrian fatalities nationally, Jersey City hasn't had a traffic death so far this year. Hoboken hasn't had one in four years. Angie Schmitt, writer, planning...
View ArticleTraffic Safety Successes; Call Your Senator: Sen. Gillibrand; Walking with...
Coming up on today's show:Angie Schmitt, writer, planning consultant and author of Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America (Island Press, 2020), explains how...
View ArticleVision Zero: how did Hoboken do it?
The New Jersey city of Hoboken can boast a major accomplishment; they were the first U.S city to achieve Vision Zero. That means they've made enough improvements to the roadway system that in 2018,...
View ArticleJune 4, 2024: Midday News
A 19-year-old man is still awaiting official charges for allegedly shooting two police officers in Queens on Monday. WNYC’s Brittany Kriegstein spoke to his mother in Colombia. Meanwhile, Senator Bob...
View ArticleNovember 6, 2024: Midday News
Hoboken voters rejected a ballot measure to make it easier for landlords to convert rent-controlled apartments to market rate units. Meanwhile, New York State high schools may no longer require...
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