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Hackensack
Hackensack, New Jersey
Official City Record
Official source, last checked Sep 25, 2026- City Council meets
- Twice monthly on Tuesdays at 5:30 PM per the city's published 2026 schedule
- Meeting location
- Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, City Hall, 65 Central Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601
- Acting City Clerk
- Timothy J. Hoffman, Acting City Clerk · (201) 646-3940 · City Hall, 65 Central Avenue, 3rd Floor, Hackensack, NJ 07601
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.hackensack.org/mayor-city-council/
- City Manager / Mayor
- City Manager Thomas Freeman is the operational executive (Council-Manager government under the 1923 Municipal Manager Law) · (201) 646-3900; Mayor Caseen Gaines (selected by the Council from among its members effective July 1, 2025) · (201) 646-3940 · cgaines@hackensack.org
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