Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop is a top contender for a big job across the Hudson River, the CEO of the nonprofit the Partnership for New York City, according to a report in the New York Post.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop — who previously defended Big Apple mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani’s controversial plan to open government-run grocery stores and said ‘I don’t live in NYC nor do I want to’ — is in discussions to become the next CEO of the Partnership for The City of New York,” the Big Apple-based newspaper wrote yesterday.
“And yes, he’d have to move across the Hudson River if he gets the job. He would replace Kathryn Wylde, who is retiring after heading the group representing the Big Apple’s business titans since 2000, sources familiar with the deliberations said.”
The report also said that Wylde made an over $1.5 million in 2023, citing tax filings from the Partnership for New York City.
“Article in today’s New York Post. I couldn’t be more excited for what’s ahead + sometimes life has a way of working out exactly as it should,” the mayor wrote on Instagram this morning, implying that he will be taking the big gig.
Fulop worked for Goldman Sachs during 9/11 and enlisted in the Marines shortly thereafter, coming up short in a long shot bid for Congress against incumbent Bob Menendez in 2004 before parlaying that into a win for the Jersey City Ward E council seat the following year.
He was re-elected in 2009 before defeating Mayor Jerramiah Healy in 2013. He was re-elected in 2017 and 2021 by healthy margins before coming in third in the Democratic primary for governor this past June.
He secured about 16 percent of the vote, finishing behind Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-11), who is now the Democratic nominee.
