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The show from the governors office. we want to read the latest statement. it says mayor zimmers allegation that on may 16, 2013, commissioner constable conditioned hobokens receipt of sandy aid on her moving forward with a development project is categorically false. just want to make sure to get that in there. david, you have been following this story. i wonder what you make of what you heard from the mayor of hoboken and how that fits into the bigger picture here if it does at all. >> there are...

Obligation to follow the law, to bring balanced development to hoboken. i cannot give a windfall to one property owner because the governor wants me to in exchange for the sandy fund, so ill tell you, i feel like im literally between a rock and a hard place. >> we should note that a spokesman for governor christie issued this statement. quote, mayor zimmer has been effusive in her public praise of the governors office and the assistance weve provided in terms of economic development and sandy ai...

Occurs. the money for the study comes from the port authority. and, of course, this is the port authority in conjunction with the george washington bridge story. >> so these two officials that talked to her, the second one being the commissioner constable, okay? so i want to read the statement from commissioner constable spokeswoman who says, mayor zimmers allegation that on may 16, 2013 in front of a live auditorium, commissioned hobokens receipt of sandy aid on her moving forward is categorica...

It began to spread at that point. i was with commissioner constable among others. he immediately contacted the fire marshal, bill kramer and we began to work the locals here to deploy resources. so we have firefighters and trucks from all around new jersey working together. currently seaside park and seaside heights has support from towns in osha county, burlington, cape may, union, mercer, atlantic, new jersey state police, and the state forest firefighters. preliminary number in terms of suppo...

Not hear commissioner constable say anything about quid pro quos or make any threats to anyone. zimmer may have been associating the subjects in her own mind but thats not what constable said." so the report concludes that dougherty, quote, simply appears to be telling the truth as he recalls it. corroborates commissioner constable, not mayor zimmer." now heres the problem. when zimmer first made her allegations back in january, a reporter for the "asbury park press" who knew doherty had been pr...

If you move that forward, money would start flowing to you, he tells me." thats from her diary. constable has vehemently denied her charges. the mastro report sides with him and sides against dawn zimmer. sitting on that same stage with zimmer and constable on that night was matt doherty. he is the independent eyewitness the mastro report relies on, one who supposedly undermines zimmers allegation. "mayor doherty heard the conversation between mayor zimmer and commissioner constable and was with...

Wanted an answer to. did you hear the whole conversation between them or not? well, were still trying to figure out what he said. the report is stating here that mayor doherty heard the conversation. an independent eyewitness who heard the conversation and can conclusively say this did not come up. can you conclusively say this did not come up or are there parts of the conversation you did not hear? >> there may have been parts of the conversation i did not hear. what i can tell you for sure, wh...

Zimmer may have been associating the subjects in her own mind but thats not what constable said." "doheryt simply is telling the truth as he recalls it. corroborates commissioner constable, not mayor zimmer." now heres the problem. when zimmer first made her allegations back in january, a reporter for the "asbury park press" who knew doherty had been present at the town hall meeting asked if he heard the conversation and he told that reporter that he hadnt. he said he recalled sitting between zi...