“Hours after Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer accused the Christie administration of withholding Hurricane Sandy relief funds until she approved a development project in the Hudson county city, officials from the agency that distributed the money flatly denied the allegations. “Mayor Zimmer’s allegation that on May 16, 2013 – in front of a live auditorium audience – (Department of Community Affairs) Commissioner (Richard) Constable conditioned Hoboken’s receipt of Sandy aid on her moving forward with a development project is categorically false,” DCA spokeswoman Lisa Ryan in an interview. On MSNBC this morning, Zimmer told anchor Steve Kornacki the Christie administration pressured her to approve a development deal with the Rockefeller Group, saying the city would receive Sandy aid if she went ahead with the deal…”.* How has Bridgegate impacted Christie’s donors and his 2016 presidential aspirations? Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (host of TYT University and Common Room) break it down on The Young Turks.

*Read more here from David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/dca_official_accuses_zimmer_of_lying_about_sandy_allegations.html

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