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.
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Updated: Emergency Department at Heights Hospital to Close Saturday Night
The union that represents nurses at Heights University Hospital has been told that the emergency department — the hospital’s last remaining department — will close by Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
UPDATED HPAE PRESS RELEASE on HRH Closure of its Jersey City Hospital
Hudson Regional Health has notified their employees of their intent to close Christ Hospital, renamed Heights University Hospital, by 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 28, 2026.
Urgent Union Update, February 26, 2026
Management has informed Union Leadership that they are fully closing Christ Hospital. Nizar Kifaieh instructed managers to ignore the law and our Collective Bargaining Agreement and shut down the facility.
UNION WIN! 401(K)
HPAE convinced the bankruptcy judge to agree to preside over timelines for BOTH Missed 401(k) matches.
Local 5186 January 2026 Union Update and Survey
Our Union has also filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board over Management's unlawful actions, including their bad-faith bargaining and failure to provide any information.
HPAE Statements on the Council in Jersey City Approving Ordinance 25-124
We applaud the City Council in Jersey City on approving Ordinance 25-124 to maintain Christ Hospital’s 16-acre campus as a Medical Zone.
READ IMMEDIATELY - Union Update, November 14, 2025
On November 13, Hudson Regional announced plans to close all Heights units except the Emergency Department. We believe this rushed and potentially unlawful action leaves the community without a functional hospital and puts patients at risk.
N.J. hospital says it can’t pay employees, must close after 152 years
A Jersey City hospital will close its doors after 152 years of service after failing to get millions in support from the government, its parent company announced Friday.
Jersey City hospital tells state it wants to close
Heights University Hospital in Jersey City could shutter within a matter of days after its owner Hudson Regional Health filed a request with the state to close the 153-year-old facility.
HPAE statement on HRH's illegal “closure” of Heights University Hospital
Hudson Regional has made this decision illegally with no regard for Department of Health regulations or the Warn Act. What will happen to the patients in this community?
Local 5186 Important Union Update, November 11, 2025
Today, Management just Informed us that they intend to close all departments aside from the ED. They could not give us a date, time, reason, or list of members who would be impacted.