you ve been waiting for this for a while. you ve been doing the editorials on this. one of the things i want you to chime in on is it s fascinating to me how david samson was handled in the report. he s like the ghost of the report. makes as few appearances as possible anywhere in this thing. well, yeah, the general is nowhere to be found. the former attorney general, y e. that was baroni saying. as the general. one of the things when you look the at it, where they decide to give you side information, there s really no mention of all the connections that samson has or if they mention it, they try to be apologetic that wolf samson, his firm s attachment to the development deal in hoboken, you know, this happened before he was named to the port authority and he has this perilous reputation. there s a deference to the port authority which you don t want
reaction to this report. you ve been waiting for this for a while. you ve been doing the editorials on this. one of the things i want you to chime in on is it s fascinating to me how david samson was handled in the report. he s like the ghost of the report. makes as few appearances as possible anywhere in this thing. well, yeah, the general is nowhere to be found. the former attorney general, y e. that was baroni saying. as the general. one of the things when you look the at it, where they decide to give you side information, there s really no mention of all the connections that samson has or if they mention it, they try to be apologetic that wolf samson, his firm s attachment to the development deal in hoboken, you know, this happened before he was named to the port authority and he has this
whether or not you think it s a good thing that harrison new jersey is going to get a new train station. how could he be voting on that, when he has a private financial stake in the outcome of his own decision. and david samson and his law firm are at the heart of the allegations made by the mayor of hoboken, new jersey. she was leaned on by the christie administration to support a private development in hoboken that again had representation from wolf samson from david samson s law firm. the mayor says she was told that sandy relief funds for hoboken would be contingent on her doing that deal, okaying that development. doing that financially remuner ative favor for dave samson and his clients. dave sansom and his clients and the christie administration have denied those comments. there he was, david samson, he is still in his job. when the bridge lanes were shut
of the wolf and samson. in 2010, wolf and samson, david samson s law firm were hired by an entity that operates a bunch of parking lots for new jersey commuters. they were hired for $650,000 in 2010. in 2011, they more than doubled the value of that contract, they were getting paid a million and a half dollars, by 2011, by the end of 2011, david samson s law firm is getting paid a million and a half dollars by the entity that owns these parking lots. their contract was for wolf and samson to advise this entity that has these parking lots on how they could maximize the profits that they made from all their parking lots. over the course of those two years, by the end of 2011, david samson s law firm had been paid $2 million. one of those parking lots is right here. you see the buses in the upper right hand corner, you see the lot with the regular cars.
the chris christie appointed chairman of the port authority, he s one of the named partners of the wolf and samson. in 2010, wolf and samson, david samson s law firm were hired by an entity that operates a bunch of parking lots for new jersey commuters. they were hired for $650,000 in 2010. in 2011, they more than doubled the value of that contract, they were getting paid a million and a half dollars, by 2011, by the end of 2011, david samson s law firm is getting paid a million and a half dollars by the entity that owns these parking lots. their contract was for wolf and samson to advise this entity that has these parking lots on how they could maximize the profits that they made from all their parking lots. over the course of those two years, by the end of 2011, david samson s law firm had been paid $2 million.