Hirsch, Corin. "Lunch Box Diaries; Vermonters recall their school cafeteria cuisine", Seven Days, August 31, 2011. Accessed August 2, 2012. "Armando Vilaseca – Vermont education commissioner; I came from Cuba in 1964 and moved to West New York, NJ, an immigrant area that from the 1960s until the 1980s had a huge Cuban immigrant population. My high school, Memorial High School, was probably 70 percent Cuban American..."
"Ebony and Ivory", p. 91. McCall's, Volume 114. McCall Publishing Company, 1986. Accessed October 25, 2015. "Ruth grew up in West New York, NJ, and, when she was eight, she and her sister began taking piano lessons from a neighbor, at a cost of 25 cents a session."
Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1984, p. 251. Accessed November 18, 2017. "Jacqueline Walker, Dem., Matawan Assemblywoman Walker was born in Jersey City Nov. 7, 1941. She attended elementary school and Memorial High School in West New York."
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Pennington, Juliet. "The VIP Lounge with Jessica Vosk", The Boston Globe, June 23, 2017. Accessed October 10, 2017. "The Clinton, NJ, native, now calls West New York, NJ home. Vosk, 33, who plays Elphaba (the role made popular by Idina Menzel), said she is enjoying spending time in Boston, where her younger brother, musician Daniel Vosk, went to school."
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Staff. "Univision Crowns Second Winner of Nuestra Belleza Latina", Business Wire, May 17, 2008. Accessed June 12, 2012. "After a series of eliminations 6 finalists made it to the grand finale: Melissa Marty – the winner, Emeraude Toubia, Mexican/Lebanese from Brownsville, TX – first-runner up; Dayamí Padrón, Cuban from Miami, FL – second runner-up; Zoila Ceballos, Dominican from New York, NY – third place; Leticia Castro, Mexican from Las Vegas, NV – fourth place; and Manuela Arbeláez, Colombian from West New York, NJ in fifth place."
Bishop Nelson J. Perez, Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Accessed April 27, 2022. "Nelson J. Perez was born in Miami, Florida, on June 16, 1961 to David and Emma Perez and is the brother of the late Dr. David Perez and Louis Martin Perez. He was raised in West New York, NJ."
Gene PrebolaArchived October 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Boston Terriers football. Accessed May 18, 2016. "An outstanding all-around performer at Memorial High School, the West New York, New Jersey native came to Boston University in the fall of 1956."
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Maciag, Mike. "Population Density for U.S. Cities Statistics", Governing, November 29, 2017. Accessed December 4, 2020. "The following are the most densely populated cities with populations exceeding 50,000:... [2nd] West New York, N.J.: 52,815 persons/sq. mile"
Home page, Hudson County Sheriff's Office. Accessed August 17, 2017.
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Ulloa, Daniel. "Murphy swears in former Congressman Albio Sires as West New York mayor, again", Hudson County View, May 16, 2023. Accessed May 17, 2023. "Governor Phil Murphy (D) swore in former Congressman Albio Sires as mayor of West New York shortly after a reorganization meeting officially returned him to his old municipal post that he held between 1995 and 2006."
Sullivan, Al. "Cirillo replaces Vargas as a WNY commissioner Rift with Mayor Roque appears to be healed", The Hudson Reporter, February 8, 2015. Accessed March 15, 2020. "In a move that would have seemed impossible only two years ago, Mayor Felix Roque and three other commissioners voted on Feb. 4 to appoint Cosmo Cirillo to replace Rubin Vargas on the town's five-member Board of Commissioners. At 27 years old, Cirillo is the youngest person to ever serve as a commissioner in West New York and will serve as commissioner of the Department of Public Affairs."
McConnell, Elizabeth "Man of the cloth", The Hudson Reporter, pp 3 and 9, May 7, 2000. Accessed March 15, 2020. "Alvarez, who grew up in West New York after his family emigrated here from Cuba in the late 1950s, wasn’t heading toward a life on screen when he graduated from Memorial High School."
Cullen, Dana. "A lifetime of secure investments: Hudson County native reflects upon career as financial journalist", The Hudson Reporter, December 12, 2010, p. 3. Accessed March 15, 2020. "Boroson grew up on Boulevard East in West New York, back when the town was comprised of embroidery factories and Irish Catholic, German, and Italian residents. He first attended P.S. No. 6 and then Memorial High School. At that time, he said, there were two graduations, January and June, and he graduated in January 1952."
Archilla, Dylan M. "From Russia with words; Renowned WNY writer receives award", The Hudson Reporter, July 11, 2003. Accessed March 15, 2020. "Emil Draitser's West New York apartment is a jumble of papers, books, and magazines, along with two computers.... Shortly after his arrival in the United States, Draitser settled in West New York. Said Draitser on his choice, 'I like it here. It's close to the city, which is important to me because I work there. It's close to the airport and mostly, it's quiet here. I need quiet to do my writing. I could never be happy living in New York City. Too noisy.'"
Staff. "West New York Mayor Roque challenges Vega's Board Of Education appointments", The Hudson Reporter, July 14, 2011. Accessed March 15, 2020. "On Thursday Mayor Roque filed a challenge with the State Commissioner of Education against the appointment of Board of Education members Janet Passante and Alex Locatelli made by an outgoing Mayor Silverio Vega two months ago, shortly before he left office."
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Cullen, Deanna. "Growing influence: UC and WNY house 6 percent of state's Hispanics", The Union City Reporter, February 13, 2011, pages 1 and 15. Accessed June 12, 2012. "Union City and West New York are each over three quarters Hispanic. In New Jersey, Union City has the highest percentage of people in that group – 84.7 percent. West New York is 78.1 percent Hispanic, coming in at third."
Fox, Joey. "Team Sires sweeps West New York; Cirillo’s slate unable to win any seats on five-member commission", New Jersey Globe, May 9, 2023. Accessed May 17, 2023. "17 years after he left to take a seat in Congress, Albio Sires will be mayor of West New York once again.... Joining Sires on the 53,000-strong Hudson County town’s governing body will be one incumbent commissioner, Victor Barrera, alongside Board of Education President Adam Parkinson, Marielka Diaz, and Marcos Arroyo, who was the Republican nominee to succeed Sires in his safely Democratic congressional district last year."
Disbato, Pat. "NFL / Roehl living out a dream", The Star, February 1, 2004. Accessed October 6, 2008. "'I lived in New Jersey, a little town called West New York,' said Roehl, who calls teammate Jeremy Shockey one of his closest friends."
Sampson, Peter J. "John M. Skevin, 66; a force in N.J. politics", The Record, October 23, 1993. Accessed December 15, 2022. "Born June 14, 1927, to immigrant Croatian parents in West New York, Mr. Skevin was a two-sport, All-Hudson performer at Memorial High School, where he is a member of the school's Hall of Fame."
"Assemblywoman realizes dream", Asbury Park Press, July 16, 1984. Accessed November 18, 2017. "...of the delegation is the latest coup in what has been a meteoric political career for the West New York native."
Reiss, Aaron. "New York's Shadow Transit", The New Yorker. Accessed May 22, 2016. "The ridership on New Jersey minibuses is diverse, but most lines cater to the large Latino immigrant populations in townships like North Bergen and West New York."
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Maytee Martinez, Next Management. Accessed September 21, 2024. "Maytee is a Cuban American model born and raised in West New York, New Jersey."
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About UsArchived February 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue. Accessed December 17, 2011. "North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue serves the northernmost section of Hudson County, New Jersey. The region borders Jersey City, Hoboken and Secaucus at its southernmost end and Bergen County at the northern border."
Astudillo, Carla. "The 41 N.J. towns where English is not the dominant language", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 10, 2017, updated May 15, 2019. Accessed March 15, 2020. "New Jersey is home to 41 towns where English is not the dominant language for the majority of the population. Towns like Union City and West New York are primarily dominated by Spanish speakers, while Korean is the language spoken by more than half of residents in Palisades Park and Englewood Cliffs."
Zeitlinger, Ron. "Three North Hudson Catholic schools to consolidate, archdiocese announces", The Jersey Journal, August 4, 2020. Accessed March 1, 2023. "Two Union City Catholic schools will merge with Academy of St. Joseph of the Palisade in West New York, the Newark Archdiocese announced Tuesday afternoon. Saint Augustine, at 39th Street and New York Avenue, and Mother Seton Interparochial School, at 15th and New York Avenue, will not reopen in September because of dwindling enrollment and financial problems that have been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, officials said."
Hudson County Map, Coalition for a Healthy NJ. Accessed March 15, 2020.
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What We Do: History, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v. Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."
AECOM Technical Services, Inc. Hudson County Jitney StudyArchived April 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, July 2011. North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. Accessed May 22, 2016. "The most frequent jitney route in Hudson County with service operating in each direction nearly once per minute, the Bergenline Avenue route operates along the spine of the Hudson County/Bergen County palisades, connecting the Newport Mall in Jersey City to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, with select trips (primarily those operated by New Service, Inc., Airport Service Corp. and Spanish Transportation Corp., collectively 'Spanish Transportation') continuing on to the GWBBS in New York City."
Cheslow, Jerry. "Blending Two Cities into One", The New York Times, October 9, 2005. Accessed September 29, 2014. "At John F. Kennedy Boulevard East, known as 'Boulevard East,' the population, housing mix and scenery change abruptly. Mostly New York City professionals and empty-nesters live in towers that soar 30 stories or more over the Palisades, a 450-foot-high belt of cliffs that line the New Jersey side of the Hudson."
"Braddock, Who Beat Baer for Title, Dies; Diffident Demeanor", The New York Times, November 30, 1974. "North Bergen, N. J., Nov. 29 (AP) James J. Braddock, who won the world heavyweight championship in 1935 by outpointing Max Baer in one of boxing's biggest upsets, died today at, his home here. He was 68 years old.... When he was a child his family moved to West New York, N. J., just the other side of the Hudson River."
Gettleman, Jeffrey. "On Politics; A Cuban Revolution, Only It's in New Jersey", The New York Times, February 5, 2006. Accessed August 29, 2019. "'You have to remember it was the middle class and upper class who came here for political reasons, and they've remained politically involved,' said Ms. Farber, who came to West New York in 1961 at age 16 and lived with eight relatives in one apartment."
Narvaez, Alfonso A. "Christopher Jackman Dies at 74; Longtime Legislator in New Jersey", The New York Times, January 30, 1991. Accessed October 25, 2015. "State Senator Christopher J. Jackman, a legislator in New Jersey for more than 20 years and a former Speaker of the Assembly, died on Monday at University Hospital in Newark. He was 74 years old and lived in West New York, NJ"
Gerard Way photoArchived November 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times Agency, October 19, 2007. Caption: "Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance, near his home in West New York, N.J., on September 24, 2007."
Interviews with Harold MartinArchived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Center on the American Governor, Eagleton Institute of Politics. Accessed June 12, 2012. "Born on February 25, 1918 in West New York, at six years old Harold Martin moved with his family to Brooklyn, where his father ran a successful men's clothing store."
West New York Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, West New York School District. Accessed March 10, 2021. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the West New York School District. Composition The West New York School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of West New York in the County of Hudson."
"Tyson Beckford injured in New Jersey truck accident", USA Today, June 7, 2005. Accessed September 23, 2007. "Beckford, a West New York resident, was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center, where he was treated for head trauma and cuts, O'Keeffe said."
About UsArchived February 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue. Accessed December 17, 2011. "North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue serves the northernmost section of Hudson County, New Jersey. The region borders Jersey City, Hoboken and Secaucus at its southernmost end and Bergen County at the northern border."
AECOM Technical Services, Inc. Hudson County Jitney StudyArchived April 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, July 2011. North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. Accessed May 22, 2016. "The most frequent jitney route in Hudson County with service operating in each direction nearly once per minute, the Bergenline Avenue route operates along the spine of the Hudson County/Bergen County palisades, connecting the Newport Mall in Jersey City to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, with select trips (primarily those operated by New Service, Inc., Airport Service Corp. and Spanish Transportation Corp., collectively 'Spanish Transportation') continuing on to the GWBBS in New York City."
Interviews with Harold MartinArchived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Center on the American Governor, Eagleton Institute of Politics. Accessed June 12, 2012. "Born on February 25, 1918 in West New York, at six years old Harold Martin moved with his family to Brooklyn, where his father ran a successful men's clothing store."
Artie Pitt, Sports Reference. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Born: August 14, 1913 in West New York, New Jersey, United States"
Gene PrebolaArchived October 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Boston Terriers football. Accessed May 18, 2016. "An outstanding all-around performer at Memorial High School, the West New York, New Jersey native came to Boston University in the fall of 1956."
Gerard Way photoArchived November 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times Agency, October 19, 2007. Caption: "Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance, near his home in West New York, N.J., on September 24, 2007."
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Directory, Town of West New York. Accessed March 1, 2023.
Administration, Town of West New York. Accessed March 1, 2023.
Clerk's Office, Town of West New York. Accessed March 1, 2023.
Baime, A.J. "Formula One Roars to Banks of Hudson". The Wall Street Journal. October 26, 2011. Accessed October 27, 2011. "Formula One, the most popular, technologically advanced and glamorous form of international motorsport, will hold a Grand Prix race on the banks of the Hudson River against the backdrop of the Manhattan skyline in June 2013. If the current lineup of teams remains the same, that means 24 cars racing at 200-plus mph will let loose some 17,000 horsepower on closed-off public roads in Weehawken and West New York, N.J., in front of a crowd that, if expectations are fulfilled, would double the capacity of Yankee Stadium."
