Black residents are leaving these three NJ cities. What else to know from this new report

Ricardo Kaulessar

1 May, 2025

Jersey City is the "Bedroom City," Newark is going through a "Jobless Gentrification," and Paterson is the "Migrant Metro."

They are labelled as such in a new report that shows how gentrification and international migration have benefited and hurt three of New Jersey's largest and most diverse cities.

The 40-page report, released April 24 by researchers at Rutgers Law School’s Center on Law, Inequality & Metropolitan Equity, "The Other Cities: Migration and Gentrification in Jersey City, Newark and Paterson," points out the growth and decline each of these cities has experienced.

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Black residents are leaving these three NJ cities. What else to know from this new report