Editing Jersey City, New Jersey (section)

==Government==
[[File:2.28.12JerseyCityHallByLuigiNovi2.jpg|thumb|City Hall, on Grove Street|alt=]]

===Local===
{{Further|Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey}}
Jersey City is governed under the [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)]] form of municipal government. The city is one of 71 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 comprised of the Mayor and the nine-member City Council. The city council has six members elected from [[Ward (United States)|wards]]<ref>[https://data.jerseycitynj.gov/map/ward_map-20230/?location=13,40.72092,-74.05025&basemap=jawg.sunny Jersey City Ward and Councilperson Map], City of Jersey City. Accessed February 13, 2025.</ref> and three elected [[at-large]], all elected to concurrent four-year terms on a [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] basis as part of the November general 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. 139.</ref><ref name = JCwards>{{cite web |url=http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2009/01/06/jersey-city-ward-map/ |title=JC Ward map |publisher=Jerseycityindependent.com |date=January 6, 2009 |access-date=June 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602204620/http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2009/01/06/jersey-city-ward-map/ |archive-date=June 2, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 10. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>Cerra, Michael F. [https://www.njlm.org/809/3982/Forms-of-Govt-Magazine-Article "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask"], [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], March 2007. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref> Ward boundaries were redrawn based on the results of the 2020 United States census to rebalance wards based on population changes.<ref>[https://www.jerseycitynj.gov/cityhall/CityCouncil/citywardredistricting City Ward Redistricting], City of Jersey City. Accessed June 26, 2022. "After every Federal Census, the boundaries of legislative districts at all levels, federal, state and local, must be reviewed using new census data - and if need be, redrawn to ensure fair and equal representation.... The Governor approved the census results on September 16, 2021. The Ward Commission convened for the first time on December 15, 2021 and determined that the current distribution of the City's population across its six wards required that the ward boundaries be re-drawn."</ref> The redistricting led to controversy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koosau |first=Mark |date=2024-03-12 |title=Appellate panel gives critics of Jersey City's redrawn ward boundaries one more shot |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2024/03/appellate-panel-gives-critics-of-jersey-citys-redrawn-ward-boundaries-one-more-shot.html |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=nj |language=en}}</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, the [[Mayor of Jersey City|mayor]] is [[Steven Fulop]], whose term of office ends December 31, 2025.<ref name=Mayor>[https://www.jerseycitynj.gov/cityhall/MayorFulop/MayorFulopBio Mayor's Office], City of Jersey City. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> Former [[Governor of New Jersey|New Jersey governor]] [[Jim McGreevy]] announced his candidacy for Jersey City mayor in November 2023. Following a scrutinized public image after admitting to extramarital affairs, McGreevy planned to re-enter politics and work towards providing clean and safe streets and controlled property taxes for working families. [https://nypost.com/2023/11/03/news/ex-nj-gov-jim-mcgreevey-to-enter-jersey-city-mayoral-race/] Members of the City Council are Council President Joyce Watterman (at large), Richard Boggiano (Ward C – Journal Square), Amy M. DeGise (at large), Frank E. Gilmore (Ward F – Bergen/Lafayette), Mira Prinz-Arey (Ward B – West Side), Denise Ridley (Ward A – Greenville), Daniel Rivera (at large), Yousef J. Saleh (Ward D – The Heights), and James Solomon (Ward E – Downtown), all of whom are serving concurrent terms of office that end December 31, 2025.<ref>[https://www.jerseycitynj.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=6189744&pageId=7214196 City Council], City of Jersey City. Accessed February 13, 2025. "The City Council in Jersey City consists of nine members: one council member for each of the City's six wards, plus three at-large council members who represent the entire City. Every two years, the members of the City Council vote among themselves to select one member to serve as the City Council President. Council members serve for a term of four years, which coincides with that of the Mayor."</ref><ref>[https://cdnsm5-hosted.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_6189660/File/City%20Hall/Finance/Budgets/0906_adoptbudget_2024.pdf#page=13 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], City of Jersey City. Accessed February 13, 2025.</ref><ref name=HudsonDirectory>[https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elected-officials/#ElectedOfficials Elected Officials], Hudson County, New Jersey Clerk. Accessed February 13, 2025.</ref><ref name=Hudson2021>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/111524/web.278093/#/summary General Election November 2, 2021 Official results], Hudson County, New Jersey, updated November 17, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref>

In April 2020, Yousef J. Saleh was appointed to fill the Ward D seat that became vacant following the death earlier that month of Michael Yun from complications related to COVID-19; Saleh served on an interim basis until the November 2020 general election, when voters chose him to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref>Baer, Marilyn. [https://hudsonreporter.com/2020/05/01/yousef-j-saleh-appointed-to-jersey-city-council/ "Yousef J. Saleh sworn in as Jersey City councilman; Protests raised over a 'rushed' process"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', May 1, 2020. Accessed September 23, 2020. "Mayor Steven Fulop swore in Yousef J. Saleh on Friday, May 1 after the Jersey City council appointed him to represent Ward D in a 6–2 vote during a special council meeting on April 30. Council President Joyce Watterman nominated the first-generation American, who was born and raised in the Jersey City's Heights neighborhood, to the position left vacant by the death of Councilman Michael Yun due to COVID-19."</ref>

The Business Administrator is John J. Metro;<ref name=Administrator/> the City Clerk is Sean J. Gallagher.<ref name=Clerk/>

===Federal, state and county representation===
Jersey City is split between the 8th and 10th Congressional Districts<ref name=PCR2012>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report], [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 31st and 32nd state legislative districts.<ref>[https://nj1015.com/whats-your-new-nj-legislative-district-20-moved-on-new-map/ Districts by Number for 2023-2031], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed September 18, 2023.</ref>

Prior to the [[New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2011 apportionment|2011 reapportionment]] following the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], Jersey City had been in the [[New Jersey's 31st legislative district|31st]], [[New Jersey's 32nd legislative district|32nd]] and the [[New Jersey's 33rd legislative district|33rd]] state legislative districts.<ref name=LWV2011>[http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=59 ''2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604153059/http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=59 |date=June 4, 2013 }}, p. 59, New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed May 22, 2015.</ref> Prior to the 2010 census, Jersey City had been split between the {{ushr|NJ|9|9th Congressional District}}, 10th Congressional District and the {{ushr|NJ|13|13th Congressional District}}, a change made by the [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]] that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.<ref name=LWV2011/> The split, which went into effect in 2013, placed 111,678 residents living in the city's north and east in the 8th District, while 139,519 residents in the southwest portion of the city were placed in the 10th District.<ref name=PCR2012/><ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/2012-nj-jersey-city.pdf New Jersey Congressional Districts 2012–2021: Jersey City Map], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref>

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===Politics===
As of March 23, 2011, there was a total of 120,229 registered voters in Jersey City, of whom 58,194 (48.4%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 7,655 (6.4%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], and 54,293 (45.2%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 87 voters registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-hudson-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary – Hudson], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 85.5% of the vote (64,052 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 13.5% (10,120 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (751 votes), among the 75,506 ballots cast by the city's 133,197 registered voters (583 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 56.7%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results – November 6, 2012 – Hudson County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 6, 2012 – General Election Results – Hudson County|date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 81.8% of the vote (65,780 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 16.8% (13,529 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (584 votes), among the 80,381 ballots cast by the city's 139,158 registered voters, for a turnout of 57.8%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 74.5% of the vote (52,979 ballots cast), out polling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 22.8% (16,216 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (559 votes), among the 71,130 ballots cast by the city's 119,723 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 59.4.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential Elections Results
!Year
![[Republican Party (New Jersey)|Republican]]
![[Democratic Party (New Jersey)|Democratic]]
![[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2024]]<ref name="2024Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-results-president-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 5, 2024 - Hudson County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.8% ''21,236''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''72.6%'''  ''64,749''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.6% ''2,767''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020]]<ref name="2020Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 3, 2020 - Hudson County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|17.3% ''17,032''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''79.3%'''  ''78,209''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |3.4% ''1,006''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016]]<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 8, 2016 - Hudson County|publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|14.2% ''10,735''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''82.7%''' ''62,319''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |2.7% ''2,014''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012]]<ref name=2012Election>{{Cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf|title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Hudson County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref>'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|13.5% ''10,120''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''85.5%''' ''64,052''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |1.0% ''751''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008]]'''<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 24, 2024.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|16.8%  ''13,259''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''81.8%''' ''65,780''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.7% ''584''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004]]'''<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520184200/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|22.8%, ''16,216''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''74.5%''', ''52,979''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;" |0.5%, ''559''
|-
|}

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 66.5% of the vote (20,421 cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 31.8% (9,784 votes), and other candidates with 1.7% (514 votes), among the 32,347 ballots cast by the city's 139,265 registered voters (1,628 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 23.2%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-hudson.pdf |title=Governor – Hudson County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 5, 2013 – General Election Results – Hudson County|date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 76.2% of the vote (29,817 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 18.7% (7,336 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 3.2% (1,263 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (371 votes), among the 39,143 ballots cast by the city's 120,269 registered voters, yielding a 32.5% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hudson.pdf 2009 Governor: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822214207/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hudson.pdf |date=August 22, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

===Emergency services===
* The [[Jersey City Fire Department]] has 667 uniformed firefighters and is the state's largest municipal fire department.<ref>Zucker, Harvey. [https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/09/jersey-city-fire-departments-150th-anniversary-to-be-celebrated-with-parade.html "Jersey City Fire Department's 150th anniversary to be celebrated with parade"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', September 29, 2021. Accessed April 5, 2022. "Last year, the fire department, which has 667 uniformed members and is the largest in the state, responded to over 13,000 calls, according to Shea and Wallace-Scalcione."</ref><ref>[https://www.jerseycitynj.gov/CityHall/PublicSafety/Fire Division of Fire], City of Jersey City. Accessed April 5, 2022. "Presently, the Jersey City Division of Fire consists of 50 civilian employees and over 650 uniformed members, its largest size in a decade, and now the largest of the over 600 municipal departments throughout New Jersey!"</ref> Established as a volunteer department in 1829, the department became a paid professional organization in 1871.<ref>[https://p1cdn4static.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_6189660/File/Press%20Releases/2021%20Press%20Releases/2021_09_29_Mayor%20Invites%20Community%20to%20Honor%20JCFD%20150th%20Anniversary%20with%20Celebratory%20Parade.pdf "Mayor Fulop Invites Community to Honor Jersey City Fire Department's 150th Anniversary with Celebratory Parade; NJ's Largest Municipal Fire Department, Saving Lives and Property since 1871"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330102244/https://p1cdn4static.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_6189660/File/Press%20Releases/2021%20Press%20Releases/2021_09_29_Mayor%20Invites%20Community%20to%20Honor%20JCFD%20150th%20Anniversary%20with%20Celebratory%20Parade.pdf |date=March 30, 2022 }}, City of Jersey City press release dated September 29, 2021. "Organized fire protection in Jersey City began on September 21, 1829. The volunteer Jersey City Fire Department consolidated with the Hudson City and City of Bergen volunteer departments to officially form the professional career Jersey City Fire Department in 1871."</ref> Jersey City is a member of the Metro USAR Strike Team, which consists of nine north Jersey fire departments.<ref>Steadman, Andrew. [https://www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2012/05/bayonne_firefighters_participa.html "Bayonne firefighters participate in mock disaster drills in Newark"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', May 1, 2012. Accessed August 22, 2018. "According to the press release, the Metro USAR Strike Team is made up of nine fire departments from Bayonne, Elizabeth, Hackensack, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Morristown as well as the five-municipality North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue Agency."</ref> Jersey City also has the only High-Rise Firefighting Unit in New Jersey, known as "Squad 1".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/06/jersey-city-announces-new-high-rise-firefighting-companies.html|title=Jersey City announces new high-rise firefighting companies|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=June 30, 2022|access-date=January 29, 2025}}</ref>
* The Jersey City Police Department has more than 950 sworn officers. The creation of the department dates back to 1829 with the first appointment of watchmen. The Patrol Division is divided into four districts including the North, East, West and South areas of the city.<ref>[https://www.jerseycitynj.gov/cityhall/publicsafety/police Division of Police], City of Jersey City. Accessed April 5, 2022. "The history of the Jersey City Police Department dates back to 1829, and today consists of nearly 975 uniformed officers, 200 crossing guards, and 200+ civilian employees dedicated to the safety of Jersey City's residents and visitors."</ref>
* Emergency Medical Services are provided by the [[Jersey City Medical Center]] under [[RWJBarnabas Health]].