hoboken s sandy aid unless she supported a private development project are not only unsubstantiated, they are demonstrably false in material respects. mayor zimmer s subjective perceptions do not match the objective reality reflected in the hard evidence that we uncovered during our investigation. in fact, they are contradicted by contemporaneous documents, witness accounts, and her own prior statements. dawn zimmer fired back after that saying, randy mastro could have written his report the day he was hired, saved taxpayers the millions of dollars in fees he billed in generating this one-sided whitewash of serious misconduct by the christie administration. now this is where matt doherty comes in. mastro s report. under the heading, an independent eyewitness contradicts mayor zimmer s account. specifically doherty was present
when zimmer had a conversation in may of 2013 with a member of christie s cabinet. that s a man named richard constable who runs the department of community affairs. occasion was a televised town hall at monmouth. zimmer alleges before the program began, she had a conversation which constable suggested to her that hoboken would receive the sandy funds she was seeking if she approved that big development project. project that was proposed by something known as the rockefeller group. zimmer shared with us and then with federal prosecutors a contemporaneous diary entry that describes what she says happened. we are miked up with other panelists all around us and
focused on the george washington bridge lane closures. but doherty s a key figure in the other christie administration scandal. it s the one involving allegations by the mayor of hoboken, dawn zimmer. allegations that two top officials from the administration suggested to her that her city s level of sandy recovery funding was contingent on her approval of a large development project in her city, a development project represented by the law firm of one of christie s closest confidants, samson. there s an active federal investigation into zimmer s allegations that s under way and much of the mastro report, a report issued by the law firm that conducted the internal investigation for christie, much of that report is devoted to bluntly challenging dawn zimmer s story. here s how mastro, himself, characterized zimmer last week. we find that mayor zimmer s allegations that members of the christie administration delivered a message from the governor to her threatening
administration scandal. it s the one involving allegations by the mayor of hobok hoboken, dawn zimmer. allegations that two top officials from the administration suggested to her that her city s level of sandy recovery funding was contingent on her approval of a large development project in her city, a development project represented by the law firm of one of christie s closest confidants, samson. there s an active federal investigation into zimmer s allegations that s under way and much of the mastro report, a report issued by the law firm that conducted the internal investigation for christie, much of that report is devoted to bluntly challenging dawn zimmer s story. here s how mastro, himself, characterized zimmer last week. we find that mayor zimmer s allegati allegations that members of the christie administration delivered a message from the governor to her threatening hoboken s sandy aid unless she
present when zimmer had a conversation in may of 2013 with a member of christie s cabinet. that s a man named richard constable who runs the department of community affairs. occasion was a televised town hall at monmouth. zimmer alleges before the program began, she had a conversation which constable suggested to her that hoboken would receive the sandy funds she was seeking if she approved that big development project. project that was proposed by something known as the rockefeller group. zimmer shared with us and then with federal prosecutors a contemporaneous diary entry that describes what she says happened. we are miked up with other panelists all around us and probably the sound team is listening and he says, i hear you against the rockefeller project. i reply, i am not against the rockefeller project. in fact, i want more commercial development in hoboken. oh, really? everyone in the statehouse believes you are against it. the buzz is that you are against it. if you move that f