Editing Hudson County, New Jersey (section)

==Economy==
The [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]] calculated that the county's [[gross domestic product]] was $41.7&nbsp;billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=41700000000|start_year=2021}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in 2021, which was ranked fifth in the state and was a 5.7% increase from the prior year.<ref>[https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/lagdp1222.pdf Gross Domestic Product by County, 2021], [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]], released December 8, 2022. Accessed July 17, 2023.</ref>

Various businesses and industries are headquartered or had their start in Hudson County. [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]] is home to [[The Vitamin Shoppe]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vitaminshoppe.com/u/contact-us|title=Contact Customer Service at the Vitamin Shop|website=www.vitaminshoppe.com|access-date=February 14, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214174235/https://www.vitaminshoppe.com/u/contact-us|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[MyNetworkTV|My Network TV]]'s flagship station [[WWOR-TV]],<ref>[http://www.my9ny.com/about-us/ About Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121085518/http://www.my9ny.com/about-us/ |date=November 21, 2008 }}, [[WWOR-TV]]. Accessed November 6, 2007.</ref> [[Red Bull New York]],<ref>[http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Red.Bull.New.York.Inc.201-583-1129 Red Bull New York Inc], Merchant Circle, accessed February 20, 2011.</ref> [[MLB Network]],<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/network/about/ About page], [[MLB Network]]. Accessed February 20, 2011</ref> [[NBA Entertainment]],<ref>[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0000238522-page.html NBA Entertainment], Goliath, accessed February 20, 2011.</ref><ref>Durand, John. [http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2008/08/20080804/Media/MLB-Networks-Harlem-Plans-An-Unnecessary-Distraction.aspx "MLB Network's Harlem plans an unnecessary distraction"], Sports Business Journal Daily, August 4, 2008</ref><ref>Maurer, Mark. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2010/10/mlb_network_in_secaucus_works.html "MLB Network in Secaucus works to expand digital archives"], [[NJ.com]], October 13, 2010</ref> [[Goya Foods]],<ref>[http://www.goya.com/english/about/contact_us.html Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424071548/http://www.goya.com/english/about/contact_us.html |date=April 24, 2011 }}, [[Goya Foods]]. Accessed November 6, 2007.</ref> [[The Children's Place]]<ref>Vernon, Joan. [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8100032_ITM "Secaucus, N.J.-Based Children's Place Seeks to Convert Browsers into Buyers."], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 27, 2004. Accessed July 16, 2008.</ref> and [[Hartz Mountain Industries|Hartz Mountain]].<ref>[http://www.hartz.com/Contact_Us.aspx Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224221730/http://www.hartz.com/Contact_Us.aspx |date=February 24, 2011 }}, [[Hartz Mountain Industries|Hartz Mountain]]. Accessed February 19, 2011</ref> [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] is home to [[Verisk Analytics]]<ref name=StarLedger>Todd, Susan. [http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/verisk_analytics_sells_8525_mi.html "Verisk Analytics of Jersey City raises $1.9B in stock offering"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', October 8, 2009. Accessed October 8, 2009.</ref> and [[WFMU]] 91.1FM (WMFU 90.1FM in the Hudson Valley), the longest running freeform radio station in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |author=WFMU |url=http://wfmu.org/about.shtml |title=About WFMU FAQ |publisher=Wfmu.org |access-date=June 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612184224/http://wfmu.org/about.shtml |archive-date=June 12, 2010}}</ref> [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] is the birthplace of the first [[Blimpie]] restaurant,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE5D91F3FF930A25751C1A961948260|title=Trying to Build a Bigger Blimpie |last=Kleinfield|first=N.R.|date=December 13, 1987|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 7, 2008}}</ref> and home to one of the headquarters of publisher [[John Wiley & Sons]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Wright, Robert E. | author2=Timothy C. Jacobson | author3=George David Smith | title=Knowledge for Generations: Wiley and the Global Publishing Industry, 1807–2007 | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | location=Hoboken, NJ | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-471-75721-4 | url=https://archive.org/details/knowledgeforgene00robe }}</ref> In the 20th century, [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]] was the "embroidery capital of the United States", the trademark of that industry appearing on that city's seal.<ref name=Calendar>Union City 2000 Calendar, 2000, culled from ''History of West Hoboken and Union Hill'' by Ella-Mary Ryman; 1965 and "The Historical Background of Union City" by Daniel A. Primont, William G. Fiedler and Fred Zuccaro, 1964</ref><ref name="Cunningham">{{cite book|last=Cunningham|first=John|title=This is New Jersey 4th ed.|year=2004|publisher=Rutgers University Press & Hudson River Museum|location=Yonkers, NY|isbn=0-8135-2141-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/thisisnewjersey0000cunn/page/100 100]|url=https://archive.org/details/thisisnewjersey0000cunn/page/100}}</ref><ref name=PopikUnionCity>{{Cite web |url=http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/florida/entry/little_havana_miami_little_havana_on_the_hudson_union_city_new_jersey/ |title="Little Havana (Miami) & Little Havana on the Hudson (Union City, New Jersey)" BarryPopkik.com; August 15, 2006 |access-date=February 19, 2011 |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707213306/http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/florida/entry/little_havana_miami_little_havana_on_the_hudson_union_city_new_jersey/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Weehawken is home to the headquarters of [[NY Waterway]],<ref>[http://www.nywaterway.com/Contact.aspx Contact], [[NY Waterway]]. Accessed October 4, 2013.</ref> as well as offices for [[Swatch Group|Swatch Group USA]],<ref>[http://www.swatchgroup.com/en/brands_and_companies/distribution/worldwide_distribution/americas Subsidiaries in the Americas], [[Swatch Group]]. Accessed October 4, 2013.</ref> [[UBS]]<ref>[https://www.ubs.com/us/en/wealth/DirectionstoOurUSHeadquarters.html Directions to Our U.S. Headquarters], [[UBS]]. Accessed October 4, 2013.</ref> and Hartz Mountain.<ref>[http://hudsonnjedc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hudson-employers.pdf Major Employer's List] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214449/http://hudsonnjedc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hudson-employers.pdf |date=March 3, 2016 }}, Hudson County Economic Development Corporation, January 2014. Accessed August 31, 2014.</ref>

Television producers had long held an attraction for New Jersey, and Hudson County in particular, due to the tax credits afforded such various productions. The [[HBO]] prison drama ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'' was filmed in an old warehouse in [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]], with much of the series filmed around the now-defunct [[Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne|Military Ocean Terminal Base]].<ref name=NJFilm>Wright, E. Assata. "Getting the film crews back to NJ", ''[[The Union City Reporter]]'', February 13, 2011, Pages 5 and 7</ref> The NBC drama ''[[Law and Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' filmed police station and courtroom scenes at NBC's Central Archives building in North Bergen,<ref>{{citation|last1 = Green|first1 = Susan|last2 = Dawn| first2 = Randee| title = Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Unofficial Companion|publisher = BenBella Books|year = 2009|location = Dallas| isbn = 978-1-933771-88-5}}</ref><ref name=Kimpton>Kimpton, Roger. "Hollywood on the Palisades", ''Palisade'' magazine, Summer 2010, Pages 12-15</ref> and filmed other scenes throughout the county, such as a 2010 episode filmed at the Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus.<ref name=NJFilm/> The short-lived hospital drama ''[[Mercy (TV series)|Mercy]]'' filmed at a warehouse in Secaucus, a private residence in Weehawken and a public school in Jersey City.<ref name=JCI>{{cite web |work=The Jersey City Independent |title=The Tipsheet: 'Mercy' Brings Jersey City to the Small Screen, AhoraJC, Biking the Studio Tour and More |url=http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2009/09/30/the-tipsheet-mercy-brings-jersey-city-to-the-small-screen-ahorajc-set-for-liftoff-biking-the-studio-tour-and-the-new-loews-season/ |date=September 30, 2009 |access-date=September 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018070840/http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2009/09/30/the-tipsheet-mercy-brings-jersey-city-to-the-small-screen-ahorajc-set-for-liftoff-biking-the-studio-tour-and-the-new-loews-season/}}</ref> The ''Law and Order'' and ''Mercy'' productions left New Jersey for New York in 2010 after New Jersey Governor [[Chris Christie]] suspended the tax credits for film and television production for the fiscal year 2011 to close budget gaps.<ref name=NJFilm/>