Catherine Healy is an American local politician and the daughter of former mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, Jerramiah T. Healy. She was a 2025 city council candidate for Ward D, running on a slate with former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevy [1] but lost to Jake Ephros.
Catherine Healy was born to Jerramiah T. and Maureen Healy. She grew up in the Heights section of Jersey City [1] with siblings Jeremiah, Susanne, and Patrick. Healy earned a Bachelor of Arts from Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina in 2004, [2] and her law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark. [3]
Healy passed the New Jersey bar in 2009. [4] She was an Assistant Prosecutor in the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office where she tried criminal cases. Healy founded and ran the Healy Law Office, a pro bono defense practice. [3]
Healy currently serves as deputy director and chief counsel at the Hudson County Department of Family Services and Reintegration. [5]
During the debate with her opponent Jake Ephros that streamed online on November 21, 2025, Healy stated that she was against universal rent control. [6]
In response to the $35,000 McGreevey took from one of the landowners of Heights University Hospital, [7] she said "Just because someone donates to our campaign, we don't acquiese to everything they request." [6] When Ephros asserted that McGreevey and his slate had MAGA donors, Healy said, "Charlie Kushner has always been involved in New Jersey politics" and that he donates to all candidates. [6]
She lost 38.84% to Ephros's 61.16%, by over 1,100 votes. [8]