Page 11 - Rockefeller Project News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Jersey apparently tried to shake her down. at least that's her allegation. she was asked to support a real estate project and if she did not the governor's office would with hold federal funds from hurricane sandy because of that project. she says it's the rockefeller project that governor christie wanted built in her city. this comes from others as well. >> the lieutenant governor pulled me -- me aside and said you have got to move forward with the rockefeller project. this is important to the governor. report * mayor zipper recently said she is glad he's been governor. it's clear partisan po...

>> thanks, ed. we'll get you a shirt. >> all right. that's ted ed. i'm ed schultz. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. good evening, ed. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, a major development in the chris christie administration probes there are new allegations of political corruption involving money for hurricane sandy recovery. allegations that have escalated into a federal criminal investigation. dawn zimmer, the mayor of hoboken, new jersey, says she met yesterday for more than two hours with the u.s. attorney. this comes after sh...

2013 is not only false but it's illogical and does not withstand scrutiny when all of the facts are examined. >> with 80% of her city under water after superstorm sandy, zimmer was desperate for relief funds and governor christie visited hoboken promising aid. >> i spoke to the mayor and told her that hoboken is in the front of my mind and we're here to help. >> developers have the potential to make huge profits. developers such as the rockefeller group, whose plan to develop an area in north hoboken was stalled by the planning board and that's when zimmer says that the lieutenant governor -- ...

Journal. right now, this is a big classic case of he said, she said. hoboken mayor, dawn zimmer has gone public with allegations that kim quau dan know delivered a threat on the governor's behalf to withhold much-needed superstorm sandy relief funds for her flood-damaged city if she did not support a development project. >> the fact is, she came. the lieutenant governor pulled me aside and said, essentially, you have to move forward with the rockefeller project. this project is really important to the governor. she said she had been with him on friday night and this was a direct message from...

Kornacki" when she said this and she was pretty clear when she said there was a direct link being made by the christie administration. i don't think there's any doubt of what she said that she heard and what her allegations are. >> by the way, what's the status of that project, the huge development project that they were talking about? >> again, i don't know. i just know that what the mayor of hoboken said, was that it was still outstanding. but i don't know any details about it, wolf. >> you were on "new day" earlier today on cnn. there was a nice interview there and you threw out the so-call...