2025 in New Jersey

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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in New Jersey .

Incumbents

State government

• Governor: Phil Murphy (D)

Events

• March 10 – Fifteen people are injured, including one seriously, when a school bus overturns on the Garden State Parkway in Montvale. ^[1]
• May 9 – Agents with the Department of Homeland Security arrest Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility set to be built in his city. ICE arrests Baraka for trespassing, though Representative LaMonica McIver, who witnessed the arrest, says he had already exited the grounds when they arrested him. ^[2]
• May 10 - The Sheraton Mahwah Hotel, formerly Sheraton Crossroads, is demolished by controlled implosion in Mahwah. ^[3]
• May 16 – Train engineers at New Jersey Transit go on strike. ^[4]
• May 19 – U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba announces that trespassing charges against Ras Baraka have been dropped, but that Representative LaMonica McIver is being charged with assault in connection to the same incident. ^[5]
• May 23 – The Department of Justice sues four New Jersey sanctuary cities (Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City, and Paterson) for alleged immigration violations. ^[6]
• June 13 – Four inmates escape from an ICE facility in Newark. ^[7]
• July 2 – Three people are killed by strong thunderstorms in central New Jersey, including two in Plainfield and one in North Plainfield. ^[8]
• June 15–July 13 – The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup takes place in 11 cities across the United States, including East Rutherford. Chelsea FC beats Paris Saint-Germain FC 3–0 to win the cup. ^[9]
• July 14 – Two people are killed by flash floods in Plainfield. ^[10]

Scheduled

• November 4 – Elections for the governorship of New Jersey will take place. ^{[11] [12]}

See also

• 2025 in the United States

References

1. "15 injured when school bus overturns on Garden State Parkway in New Jersey". CTVNews. Associated Press. March 11, 2025. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
2. Breuninger, Kevin (May 9, 2025). "Newark Mayor Ras Baraka arrested for alleged trespass at New Jersey ICE detention facility". CNBC. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
3. "EXPLOSIVES DEMOLITION | Sheraton Hotel Mahwah, NJ". Youtube. May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 29, 2025. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland, USA (acting as Explosives Subcontractor to Main Demolition Contractor, Danco General Contracting, Inc of Morganville, New Jersey) performs the preparation for and successful explosives demolition of the Sheraton Hotel Saturday, May 10, 2025.
4. Shipkowski, Bruce (May 16, 2025). "Strike by New Jersey Transit train engineers leaves some 350,000 commuters in the lurch". The Associated Press. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
5. Blackburn, Zach (May 18, 2025). "McIver charged after ICE center scuffle; Baraka's trespassing charges dropped". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
6. Prussin, Mark; Kramer, Marcia (May 23, 2025). "Justice Department sues 4 New Jersey cities over immigration policies. Here's what the lawsuit says". CBS News. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
7. "4 detainees escape amid unrest at Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark". ABC 7. June 13, 2025. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
8. Fingerhut, Hannah (July 4, 2025). "Multiple deaths reported in New Jersey and Texas after strong thunderstorms". The Associated Press. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
9. Cardenas, Felipe. "FIFA announces 2025 Club World Cup stadiums and cities". The Athletic. Archived from the original on September 29, 2024. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
10. "2 dead in New Jersey after flood waters carry away vehicle during heavy rains that hit Northeast". The Associated Press. July 15, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
11. "Phil Murphy narrowly reelected governor in New Jersey, defeating Republican Jack Ciattarelli". 6abc Philadelphia. Associated Press. November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
12. "Term Limits on Governor". U.S. Term Limits. June 19, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2021.