Irvington, NJ I want to give you a COVID-19 update. We received 6 new positive cases today. Totals: Irvington: 9, Essex county: 172, NJ: 1,914. Expect the numbers to continue to rise. As you know from yesterday's update, Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order closing all non-essential businesses, but we all need to continue [...]

IRVINGTON – Governor Phil Murphy today announced the launch of the New Jersey COVID-19 Information Hub, a new, visitor-friendly website available at covid19.nj.gov. The New Jersey COVID-19 Information Hub provides New Jerseyans with the most up-to-date information about COVID-19 and the State's response, including information about services such as food assistance and small business assistance.“We [...]

Governor Murphy Announces Statewide Stay at home order, closure of all non-essential retail businesses. The order also prohibits all social gatherings, mandates work from home arrangements for employees when possible, and invalidates and conflicting local and county regulations.

How Mayor Tony Vauss is helping during the coronavirus outbreak. Amid the coronavirus outbreak, food services are 'more critical now than ever before, among the hundreds of Irvington residents served by INIC Food Pantry ­­is a mother who works three jobs to support her family. Since the coronavirus crisis reached the Essex County area, she [...]

We urge every resident whose job has been directly impacted to visit http://nj.gov/labor for comprehensive information from @NJLaborDept. Help is available for residents who are out of work as a direct result of this emergency. Workers whose place of employment has closed, or whose hours have been cut, as a result of #COVID19 are, in [...]

IRVINGTON, NJ – As the outbreak of COVID-19, or the coronavirus, continues to cripple the United States, New Jersey has decided to close all schools, implementing an 8 p.m. curfew for all residents and businesses, in an attempt to contain the virus. Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss has decided to address residents both in print and [...]

Dear Irvington, Newark, East Orange, Orange, Essex County, and New Jersey residents, As you know, the situation regarding the novel (new) coronavirus, COVID-19, is rapidly evolving. At this time, there are approximately 60 confirmed cases in the US. These numbers are expected to change, and the Irvington Health Department will continue to carefully monitor the [...]