Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno says allegation by Hoboken mayor Zimmer is untrue
Monday, January 20, 2014 Last updated: Monday January 20, 2014, 1:16 PM
BY MATTHEW MCGRATH AND JOHN REITMEYER AND MICHAEL PHILLIS
STAFF WRITERS
The Record
In a forceful personal denial, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno today said allegations that she tried to coerce the mayor of Hoboken to approve a redevelopment plan to benefit politically connected firms in exchange for Superstorm Sandy relief are “wholly and completely false.”
Speaking inside a fire hall in Union Beach before a day of service honoring the late Martin Luther King Jr., Guadagno said Dawn Zimmer’s accusation caught her by surprise.
“Mayor Zimmer’s version of our conversation in May 2013 is not only false, but is illogical and does not withstand scrutiny when all the facts are examined,” Guadagno said. “Any suggestion that Sandy funds were tied to the approval of any project in New Jersey is completely false.”
Guadagno did not take any questions from reporters gathered for the event after offering her statement.
