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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 there's a slot you can fill. i'll 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 that's being filed and to the revelations you've seen about david samson? >> no, i'm not going to tell you how i feel about it but, again, as you know with respect to my phil...

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 be a lot for the state ethics commission to look into here, but there's also a twist because the eth...

Denied. city officials noted david s samson's interest in the project as his law firm's 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 record." the story of how new jersey transit retained wolff & samson up to $1.5 million on advice on h...

That these allegations or this complaint is actually given full attention. unfortunately, the ethics commission doesn't have a time line, an imposed time line to address these issues. it's 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. >> finally, we know that there's the state legislative committee that is looking into bridgegate and...

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 samson's 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 from the vote. the roll call was changed two years later to make it look like he had abstained. th...