Hoboken Mayor: I Feared No One Would Believe Gov. Office's Sandy Funding Threat

Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer said Sunday she kept quiet for months because she feared retaliation if no one believed her claims that Gov. Chris Christie's administration threatened to withhold Sandy funds if a city development project did not move forward.

Zimmer dropped a bombshell on Saturday when she told MSNBC's Steve Kornacki that Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno Richard Constable, the current commissioner of community affairs, Lori Grifa, the former commissioner, and others pressured her to approve a city redevelopment project.

The Hoboken mayor appeared Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" and told host Candy Crowley she didn't come forward sooner because she felt no one would believe her and thought it would put Hoboken in a worse position. 

But Zimmer decided to speak out when she saw "parallels" between her situation and the "Bridgegate" scandal.

Christie's office has denied Zimmer's accusations.

Zimmer said she spent several hours Sunday with members of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark at the request of prosecutors.

“As they pursue this investigation, I will provide any requested information and testify under oath about the facts of what happened when the lieutenant governor came to Hoboken and told me that Sandy aid would be contingent on moving forward with a private development project,” Zimmer said in a prepared statement.