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?
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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.
Hudson Regional Management Thinks They Can do Whatever They Want - We're Fighting Back!
HPAE Members at all the hospitals owned by Hudson Regional (Bayonne, Heights/Christ, and Secaucus) have taken on Management separately, but we know we're strongest when we stand together!
Local 5186 Nurses Fight Back - Join Us Today!
Today (10/31) at 12:30, we will be holding an online Press Conference with City Councilman James Solomon about Hudson Regional's unlawful and unsafe layoffs and unit closures.
HPAE Press Release: HRH Layoffs at Heights University Hospital
Hudson Regional Health (HRH), which owns Heights University Hospital (HUH), formerly known as Christ Hospital, has begun to terminate employees at the hospital and reduce admissions.
Dept of Health Questions Whether Operator Seeking to Redevelop Hospital Site Misled Bankruptcy Court
The New Jersey Dept. of Health is speaking out regarding ongoing threats to close Heights University Hospital by its current operator, Hudson Regional Health (HRH), albeit behind the scenes.
HPAE statement on HRH's “stabilization” plan for Heights University Hospital
EMERSON—”Hudson Regional Health (HRH), which owns Heights University Hospital, publicly states it is ‘stabilizing’ the health system — but its actions paint a very different picture. The hospital has announced it is reducing critical services available to the community and
Hudson Regional Has an Obligation to the Community, the Workers and the Courts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 Hudson Regional Has an Obligation to the Community, the Workers and the Courts 2025.10.14_Carepoint Placey LTR Nabulsi EMERSON—After weeks of Hudson Regional Health (HRH) pressuring policymakers to bail them out, the NJ Department
HPAE statement on HRH's demand of $25 million to continue operating Heights University Hospital
State regulators should hold HRH accountable to fulfil the promises they've made during the bankruptcy. Any funding must come with transparency, a plan and a requirement to fulfil the plan.
Important Union Update, October 1, 2025
The NJ Department of Health has strongly reminded Management that they can not just shut down our hospital or close services in 30 days.
NJDOH on Heights hospital: ‘HRH cannot simply close a hospital overnight’
An official from the New Jersey Department of Health warned Hudson Regional Health that they can’t close Heights University Hospital in Jersey City overnight in a letter issued the same day they announced they would be cutting non-essential services...
O’Dea calls for ‘task force of all levels of government’ to keep Heights hospital open
“Christ Hospital is an essential part of Jersey City’s healthcare infrastructure that thousands of people rely on for medical care, especially those without the means to travel to other facilities,” he said in a statement.