Hoboken Mayor Accuses Christie of Withholding Sandy Relief

CHRISTIE'S ACTIONS IN THE WAKE ARE UNDER SCRUTINY. NEW ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST TOP OFFICIALS IN CHRIS CHRISTIE'S ADMINISTRATION. HOBOKEN MAYOR DAWN ZIMMER SAYS THAT SANDY RELIEF FUNDS WERE BEING WITH HELD IF SHE DIDN'T GO ALONG WITH A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. >> OUR CONVERSATION IN MAY OF 2013 IS NOT ONLY FALSE BUT IT'S ILLOGICAL AND DOES NOT WITHSTAND SCRUTINY WHEN ALL OF THE FACTS ARE EXAMINED. >> WITH 80% OF HER CITY UNDER WATER AFTER SUPERSTORM SANDY, ZIMMER WAS DESPERATE FOR RELIEF FUNDS AND GOVERNOR CHRISTIE VISITED HOBOKEN PROMISING AID. >> I SPOKE TO THE MAYOR AND TOLD HER THAT HOBOKEN IS IN THE FRONT OF MY MIND AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP. >> DEVELOPERS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE HUGE PROFITS. DEVELOPERS SUCH AS THE ROCKEFELLER GROUP, WHOSE PLAN TO DEVELOP AN AREA IN NORTH HOBOKEN WAS STALLED BY THE PLANNING BOARD AND THAT'S WHEN ZIMMER SAYS THAT THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR -- >> PULLED ME ASIDE AND SAID YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ROCKEFELLER PROJECT. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE GOVERNOR. AND SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD BEEN WITH HIM ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND THAT THIS WAS A DIRECT MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR. >> ALSO CHARGING THAT RICHARD CONSTABLE TOLD HER, QUOTE, THE MONEY WILL FLOW IF SHE APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. ZIMMER TELLS CNN SHE MET WITH THE U.S. ATTORNEY FOR TWO HOURS ON SUNDAY, SHOWING HIM WHAT SHE SAYS ARE DIARY ENTRIES FROM THE DAY THAT SHE WAS PRESSURED BY CHRISTIE'S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. I THOUGHT HE WAS HONEST, I THOUGHT HE WAS MORAL, I THOUGHT HE WAS MORAL. IT BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES. CHRISTIE'S CAMP SAYS THE WHOLE THING IS ABJECTLY FALSE. >> I DENY ANY SUGGESTION MADE BY MAYOR ZIMMER THAT THERE WAS EVER ANY CONDITION ON THE RELEASE OF SANDY FUNDS BY ME. >> Reporter: ZIMMER ALLEGES THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THEIR THREATS, GIVING HOBOKEN A FRACTION OF THE $100 MILLION IN REQUESTED HAZARD MIT TA MITIGATION FUNDS. ZIMMER REQUESTED ONE-THIRD OF THE TOTAL FUNDS. THEY COULD NOT COME CLOSE TO MEETING HER DEMANDS, THEY SAY, BECAUSE OF REQUESTS. IN TOTAL, HOBOKEN IS IN LINE TO GET $70 MILLION FROM THE TOTAL POT OF RELIEF FUNDS THAT THE CHRIS CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION SAYS. AFTER THE BRIDGE SCANDAL BROKE, ZIMMER SAID SHE DID NOT THINK POLITICAL RETALIATION PLAYED A PART AND LAST YEAR SHE SENT OUT TWEETS PRAISING THE GOVERNOR AND EFFORTS. BUT THAT CHANGED OVER THE WEEKEND. SHE NOW SAYS SHE WAS INTIMIDATED. NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN FRANK PALLONE. >> THE CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION DOES THREATS AND BULLYING. I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. WE'RE SEEING THIS CULTURE THAT. COU COMES FROM THE TOP. TODAY ZIMMER REITERATED SHE'S WILLING TO SWEAR TO ALL OF THIS UNDER OATH BUT THOUGH SHE'S ACCUSING SAY, BRING IT ON. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO THE