Editing Jersey City, New Jersey (section)

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{{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/>