<Tr> <Th> Deputy </Th> <Td> Vivian Brady - Phillips Marcos Vigil </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.cityofjerseycity.com </Td> </Tr> <P> The Mayor of the City of Jersey City is the head of the executive branch of government of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States . The mayor has the duty to enforce the municipal charter and ordinances; prepare the annual budget; appoint deputy mayors, department heads, and aides; and approve or veto ordinances passed by the City Council . The mayor is popularly elected in a nonpartisan general election . The office is held for a four - year term without term limits, although the current term is a four - and - a-half - year term, due to a change in election dates . </P> <P> Forty - four individuals have held the office of mayor since the City of Jersey City was chartered on February 22, 1838 . Dudley S. Gregory was the inaugural mayor of the city, and served on three separate occasions for a total of five years . The current mayor is Steven Fulop . He defeated former mayor Jerramiah Healy in the May 2013 election and assumed office on July 1, 2013 . </P>

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