Chris Christie’s attorney requests to see Hoboken officials’ correspondence with New York Times

It seems someone may be unhappy with the New York Times coverage of ongoing controversy surrounding Hurricane Sandy recovery funding in the City of Hoboken.

The attorney representing the governor in the bridgegate probe has filed an Open Public Record request seeking all correspondence between more than a dozen city officials and the New York Times relating to the governor, Hurricane Sandy assistance, the Rockefeller Group and development of the city's North End.

The OPRA request includes any correspondence given to the Times by Mayor Dawn Zimmer, members of the city's council and planning board and several members of Zimmer's staff, as well as those obtained by the Times via OPRA requests "from on or about January 1, 2014."

Attorney Randy Mastro also is seeking Zimmer's journal, in which she has said she documented an encounter with Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno during which she said Guadagno attempted to strong arm her into supporting a local development project by tying hurricane relief aid to her support.

According to the OPRA request, Mastro hopes to obtain "A copy of the entire, unredacted notebook, memo pad, or journal in the possession, custody of Hoboken Mayor Zimmer, portions of which were provided by Mayor Zimmer or her office to the press (i.e. MSNBC, CNN and the N.Y. Daily News) on or about January 18 and/or January 19. 2014."

Zimmer said Guadagno told her aid to the city could be choked off if she failed to support the development proposed by the Rockefeller group for the city's North End. Zimmer previously handed over portions of the journal to an MSNBC reporter who broke the story.

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