Overview
- Heights University Hospital shut its emergency department Saturday night after a Hudson County judge denied Jersey City’s emergency injunction, leaving Jersey City Medical Center as the city’s lone ER.
- Hudson Regional Health said the hospital lost $74 million in 2025 and is projected to lose $30 million this year, adding that public funding was not forthcoming and that the move preserves stability across its network.
- Acting Health Commissioner Raynard Washington told lawmakers the operator is out of compliance with state closure rules, and the governor’s office said fines are owed and legislation to strengthen enforcement tools is planned.
- Jersey City officials say they are weighing further legal steps, including eminent domain, and county commissioners are preparing a financial investigation into the hospital’s decline.
- Protesters rallied outside the facility as it closed, and police arrested two people, while local leaders and unions warned of longer ambulance transports and added strain on neighboring hospitals.