Editing Weehawken, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Weehawken operates within the [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the [[Faulkner Act (council–manager)|Council-Manager]] form of municipal government. The township is one of 42 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.<ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''], [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is a five-member Township Council, whose members are elected to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis in [[non-partisan]] elections held in May. Two council members are elected from the township [[at-large]] and the remainder are chosen from each of three [[Ward (United States)|wards]]. The council selects a mayor and a deputy mayor from among its members in a reorganization meeting held in the first week of July after the election.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 135.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=12 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 12. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://hudsonreporter.com/weehawken-news/mayor-richard-turner-and-weehawken-township-council-sworn-in/ "Mayor Richard Turner and Weehawken Township Council sworn in"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', July 5, 2022. Accessed December 24, 2023. "Turner, an At-Large Councilman, was re-elected mayor by the council, par for the course for Weehawken's type of mayor and council government. This time around, Silvestri-Ehret was elected Deputy Mayor taking over from Lavangino."</ref>

{{As of |2024}}, the mayor of Weehawken is Richard F. Turner (at-large), whose term of office ends June 30, 2026. Turner has served in office since July 1990, after having served as town manager.<ref>Quintanilla, Blanca M. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jersey-journal-richard-turner-sworn/136845652/ "Weehawken mayor had on-job training"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', July 2, 1990. Accessed December 15, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "'It was a municipality that was not functioning' said Turner who yesterday was sworn in as mayor of Weehawken."</ref> Turner is one of [[List of longest-serving mayors in the United States|longest-serving mayors in New Jersey]].<ref name=change/> Other members of the Township Council are Deputy Mayor Rosemary J. Lavagnino (2nd Ward), David J. Curtis (3rd Ward), Carmela Silvestri-Ehret (1st Ward) and Robert Sosa (at large), all serving terms of office expiring on June 30, 2026.<ref name=MayorCouncil>[https://www.weehawken-nj.us/government/mayor-and-council Mayor and Township Council], Township of Weehawken. Accessed December 16, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.weehawken-nj.us/home/showpublisheddocument/2404/638476824506930000 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Township of Weehawken. Accessed December 16, 2024.</ref><ref name=Hudson2022Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/112983/web.285569/#/summary 2022 Municipal Election May 10, 2022 Official Results], [[Hudson County, New Jersey]], updated June 1, 2022. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=HudsonDirectory>[https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elected-officials/ Elected Officials], [[Hudson County, New Jersey]] Clerk. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref> Giovanni D. Ahmad is the township manager.<ref name=Administration/>