earlier this month, the mayor of hoboken, new jersey told msnbc, he warned her they would withhold sandy relief funds unless she approved a development deal. and now reports the politics of sandy funds went hoboken. we re going start with a story that made news this week. it s a story you probably already know about. it was reported on tuesday night of the newark star ledger that christie himself had pushed $60 million in sandy money for the development of a senior citizen housing complex in the town of belleville, new jersey. sure enough, just after christie took part in the groundbreaking ceremony for the project last may, the mayor of belleville did endorse him. so that was the news this week. the governor s office has denied anything improper, and this week the head of the recovery effort said, quote,
it involves a law that was created last year to prevent the misuse and abuse of sandy money. it is a law that as far as we can tell the christie administration has at best been slow and complying with and at worst has intentionally dragged its feet on implementing. this has contributed to a series of stories that have called into question how christie s team has managed and spent the giant pot of sandy money they received from the federal government last year. we are going to explain that fully and we ll tell you about the major role that the governor s brother plays in all of this in just a minute. understand what this is all about. we are going to start with a story that made news this week. it was reported on tuesday night by the newark star ledger that christie had aggressively pushed $6 million in sandy money for the development of a senior citizen housing complex in bellville, new jersey. a gritty town of about 36,000 just outside newark, was not