Newark, NJ | Official Website

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This is a Newark, NJ municipal website homepage displaying current information and news. Recent announcements include Mayor Baraka breaking ground for Sal Bontempo Park improvements in the North Ward, a joint initiative with Newark Public Schools and Rutgers University-Newark to create police and fire career pathways, activation of Code Blue shelters from 8 p.m. Monday, April 20 to 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 21 for vulnerable populations, and the city earning 2025 Tree City USA recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation. The site lists upcoming meetings including a regular meeting on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, and notes that City Hall will be closed on Monday, May 25 for Memorial Day. Mayor Ras J. Baraka, who took office in 2014, is credited with reducing crime to its lowest levels in five decades and replacing all 23,000 known lead service lines in less than three years at no cost to residents.