Jerramiah Healy
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Jerramiah T. Healy (born December 1950) is the current Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey. He ran for the unexpired term of the late Glenn D. Cunningham and was elected in November 2004. In the special election, he defeated Acting Mayor L. Harvey Smith. He was subsequently elected to a full term by a record landslide.
Healy entered public service as an assistant prosecutor for the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office in 1977. From 1981 to 1991, he maintained a private law practice in Jersey City. He was appointed Chief Judge in the Jersey City Municipal Court in 1991, and was reappointed in 1995. In 1997, he ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Jersey City against Bret Schundler, who later ran for Governor of New Jersey against Jim McGreevey. Healy resumed his private law practice until 2004, when he was elected Mayor.
He attended Villanova University in Pennsylvania and the Seton Hall University School of Law.
He was beaten up, maced, and arrested outside his sister's bar in Bradley Beach. Cops allege he was interfering in a police investigation. Healy claimed that he was attempting to intervene in an argument between a couple outside the bar[1].
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- ^ Arrested Jersey City Mayor: Cops Went Overboard - Healy Hit With 2 Counts Of Disorderly Conduct, WCBS-TV, June 18, 2006
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| Preceded by: L. Harvey Smith |
Mayor of Jersey City 2004–present |
Succeeded by: incumbent |
