Local 5186
Local 5186 represents Registered Nurses at Heights University Hospital in Jersey City, NJ.
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Officers
President – Rebecca Lowe
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HPAE 5186 AFT Delegate Election Update
Nominations for the Local 5186 AFT Convention Delegates officially closed on April 27, 2026. Following the close of the nomination period, the local has received no nominations.
Statement of Debbie White, RN, HPAE President at NJ Department of Health State Health Planning Board Public Hearing April 15, 2026 Regarding the Certificate of Need Application to Close Heights University Hospital/Christ Hospital
This was never about preserving care as they alleged in bankruptcy. It was about making money. The plan was to close this hospital, tear it down, and replace healthcare with luxury housing.
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‘We want Mikie Sherrill to save our hospital.’ N.J. community’s final rallying cry for health care.
After more than a century in operation, the ER faces the same fate as the hospital itself, which filed a Certificate of Need for Closure in November 2025 in the face of what owners described as multi-million dollar losses.
Jersey City is losing 1 of its 2 emergency rooms. Where will patients in crisis go?
Jersey City is less than two weeks away from losing one of its two emergency rooms, leaving hospitals around Hudson County bracing for increased demand.