The new Texting hotline, created in partnership with the NJ 21 nonprofit referral center, allows anyone to text the words ...

The City of Newark officially launched a major expansion of street outreach efforts for homeless residents on Wednesday. It is part of Mayor Ras Baraka’s ...

Mayor Ras Baraka said it's part of an effort that started with new housing and is now trying to solve the root of the problem ...

NEWARK, N.J. -- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said Wednesday a program that has cut homelessness by half will be expanded. It's ...

Newark officials have slapped a lien notice on a 21-story downtown apartment building where residents say they’ve been ...

Residents say their aging building's management company abruptly quit, leaving them in the dark as well as the cold ...

The 2024 election may be over, but the electoral hamster wheel will keep on spinning in 2025. In the past, elections that occur the year after a presidential race have often presented opportunities ...

(MATT KADOSH/MONTCLAIR LOCAL) Former Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller, U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-Montclair, and Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, from left, are the three candidates from Essex County vying ...

Here’s a look at who’s running on the Democratic side: Ras Baraka, 55, Newark’s mayor since 2014. Baraka previously served on the Newark City Council and was a high school principal.

Josh Gottheimer and Mikie Sherrill, former state Senate President Steve Sweeney, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and Sean Spiller, the president of the state’s teachers ...