I want to start by acknowledging something: Christ Hospital was not a well-run hospital. It has not been for years. That was on purpose.

The owners have always known that the land the hospital was built on was very valuable real estate, and current owner Hudson Regional Health took over Christ Hospital to purposefully run it further into the ground to justify tearing it down and building 2,000 units of luxury housing, as evidenced by their own submissions to the Jersey City Zoning Board.

Christ Hospital needs to not only be resurrected, but it needs to become a state or county-run public hospital. Please attend the hearing and demand the following: 1. Take the hospital out of HRH's hands by setting up a retainer to reopen and run the hospital temporarily, and 2. Use eminent domain to seize the hospital and run it as a public hospital, complete with updates and improvement it desperately needs.

The Public Hearing will be on August 27th 5-7PM at the HCCC Culinary Institute. Follow this link to sign up to comment during the meeting.

See you there!

Hey neighbors.

A quick summary for those who haven’t been following:

Christ Hospital was shut down illegally

The hospital got a temporary restraining order and stopped the public from being able to talk to the Department of Health about the impact of the closure.

The hospital is suing the department of health and claiming - literally - that public testimony about the closure “is irrelevant to the case.”

The hospital is now being used as a film set.

The case is being heard tomorrow. We’re holding a rally outside of the Brennan courthouse starting at 11:15.

Please - join us if you can!

CIR/SEIU stands for the Committee of Interns and Residents, which is a local affiliate of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

NJ Appleseed is filing an amicus brief for a May 22 court hearing about the public harm caused by the closure of Christ Hospital at 176 Palisade Ave. in Jersey City. They are collecting community stories to inform the brief and want to hear from you in your own words.

Share your experience with the hospital, what its closure has meant for you and your family, and any specific incidents or concerns about access to emergency care since March 14.

The more specific you can be about real impacts and real situations, the more useful your story will be.

Please submit your testimony no later than 11:59:59 pm EST on May 5, 2026.

If your testimony is selected for inclusion, a member of NJ Appleseed will be in touch with you directly.

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