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Brian thompson new jersey report er for wnbc, getting to be a regular on the show. >> but not a member -- >> maybe theres a slot you can fill. ill start with you in that the segment we just had outlining the new jersey working families alliance filing a complaint against david samson. you read the news and the last few months these possible conflicts of interest that have come out, what is your reaction to the complaint thats being filed and to the revelations youve seen about david samson? >> n...

Conflict of interest thumb three in the complaint. and finally, it addresses how as "the star ledger" reported last week wolff & samson represents a firm on the receiving end of millions of dollars from work from the port authority, work approved by david samson. the most recent awarded in january. through a spokesperson chairman samson declined a request for comment, an invitation to appear on a program about these alleged conflicts of interest taking the complaint at face value there seems to ...

Denied. city officials noted david s samsons interest in the project as his law firms representative pressed to arrange conversations between samson and city officials about the development project. s samson was personally copied on some e-mails. the allegations within the formal complaint that will be filed tomorrow shared with us exclusively this morning have to deal with other potential conflicts that have also come to light in the past few weeks. one was recently reported in "the bergen reco...

That these allegations or this complaint is actually given full attention. unfortunately, the ethics commission doesnt have a time line, an imposed time line to address these issues. its very clear when the individual who makes the decision as to a $256 million renovation project is the same guy or the same lawyer who is representing the interests of those who are going to benefit from that decision, it seems to me that is a very clear conflict of interest and a violation of the public trust. >>...

And they reached a deal in february 2012 to slash the annual lease rate that nj transit pays the port authority from $900,000 to $1 for the next 49 years. for half a century basically. that is the deal that david samsons law firm helped to negotiate. david samson himself voted in favor of in february 2012 with the port authority. commuting taxpayers still pay to park there. the state gets nothing in terms of rent. wo wolff & samson get the million dollar fee. samson retroactively recused himself...

Democrat but received a unanimous vote of approval by the bipartisan membership of the ethics commission. the governor himself spoke up for david samson earlier this week after he came under fire from governor andrew cuomos top appointee at the port authority. in a meeting with "the new york daily news" editorial board patrick foye, the executive director who ordered the end of the ft. lee lane closures, said that samson lacks the moral authority to stay on the job. governor christie tackled tha...

A man in new jersey has spent the past 30 days in a pay it forward campaign by doing kind deeds for random strangers such as paying for gas and giving out subway fare, said the man, so we good? >> having a little fun at governor christies ex pe expen. talking about david samson and other possible conflicts the state ethics commission will investigate the complaint that will be filed tomorrow. democratic state assemblywoman who is now a candidate for congress and was until this week a member of t...

Public contracts for the state of new jersey each year. its a number that has exploded since christie game the governor. the firm also serves private clients who also do business in the state. wolff & samson has grown substantially since christie has taken office. it has come under greater scrutiny when e-mails came to light indicating bill baroni and david wildstein enlisted samson in the george washington bridge scandal to, quote, help us retaliate when the executive director pat foye reopened...

Members of the ethics committee disagreed with the appointment. as did richard coty. quote, you want somebody who clearly on paper has no conflicts. it would appear that she does, in fact, have those. she may be passing judgment, being involved in cases involving obviously the administration. it would taint, to some degree, whatever was done, former governor richard codey said. how do you recluse yourself? she shouldnt have been put in that position. nothing against her. i dont know her. but the...

>> thats the governors opinion. soon it will be up to the state ethics commission to weigh in when this new complaint is filed. here to discuss it with us is the executive director of the new jersey working families alliance, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> the first question is david samsons role. he chairs the port authority, which is a bi-state agency, and this is the ethics commission agen agency. are you sure that the regulations apply? >> absolutely. actually the co...