Hoboken, NJ, City Councilman Ravinder Bhalla, Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer, and Bill Howard, Pastor of Newark's Bethany Baptist Church, participate in a panel discussion, ââ¬ÅDemocracyââ¬â¢s Living Room: How NJ Communities Changed Since 9/11.ââ¬Â The event was broadcast live on ââ¬ÅThe Brian Lehrer Show,ââ¬Â on New York Cityââ¬â¢s WNYC Radio. The event took place before a live audience at Montclair State Universityââ¬â¢s Alexander Kasser Theater in Montclair, New Jersey, on August 30, 2011. On January 18, 2014, Mayor Zimmer, a Democrat, revealed damaging details of how she was pressured by Governor Chris Christie, Republican presidential hopeful, through his aides, to grant significant tax breaks to the Rockefeller Corporation for a building project on 3 acres of Hobokenââ¬â¢s land. She claimed that when she objected, feeling the proposed request improper, Hoboken was not given the $100 million in Super-storm Sandy relief from the federal government, which she had understood would be released to her battered city by Governor Christie. She claims the Governor retaliated by releasing only approximately $300 thousand dollars. She has been deposed by federal authorities investigating the matter which has been a severe embarrassment for the Governorââ¬â¢s administration.
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