City Council

City Hall, 280 Grove Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Tel: (201) 547-5204
Fax: (201) 547-4678

Margaret DeVico, Council Secretary
Tel: (201) 547-5053
email: mdevico@jcnj.org

Description

The City Council is the legislative branch of City government, generally referred to as "the governing body" in NJ statutes. In Jersey City, the City Council consists of 6 ward councilpersons and 3 at-large (elected Citywide) councilpersons. One of the councilmembers is elected by his/her peers to serve as the Council President. The Council serves a four year term contemporary to the Mayor's. The full powers of the City Council are described in Chapter 3 (Administration of Government), Article II (Council) of the Jersey City Municipal Code.

Members of the City Council
The present council took office on July 1, 2013 and will serve until June 30, 2017:

Council President	Rolando R. Lavarro, Jr.
Councilwoman at Large	Joyce Watterman
Councilman at Large	Daniel Rivera
Ward A (Greenville) Councilman	Frank Gajewski
Ward B (West Side) Councilman	Chris L. Gadsden
Ward C (Journal Square) Councilman	Richard Boggiano
Ward D (The Heights) Councilman	Michael Yun
Ward E (Downtown) Councilwoman	Candice Osborne
Ward F (Bergen/Lafayette) Councilman	Jermaine Robinson

Jersey City Municipal Code
The Jersey City Municipal Code is available online through Municode.