Jane Williams-Warren

Jane Williams-Warren
Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey
In office October 10, 2017 – July 1, 2018
Preceded by	Ruby Cotton (interim mayor)
Succeeded by	Andre Sayegh
Personal details
Born	1947 (age 77–78)

Jane Williams-Warren (born 1947) served as the second female African-American mayor of Paterson, New Jersey (2017–2018).

Biography

Williams-Warren was born in 1947[1] in Paterson where she was also raised.[2] She attended Eastside High School.[3]

She started working for the city of Paterson in 1966.[4] She served as City Clerk of Paterson for 24 years and retired in 2014.[4][2] She was the first African-American to serve as the president of the Municipal Clerks’ Association of New Jersey.[2] On September 29, 2017, after being coaxed out of retirement, she was appointed mayor of Paterson by the City Council in a 5-4 vote[2][5] to replace interim mayor and City Council president Ruby Cotton who had replaced former mayor Jose “Joey” Torres after his conviction for corruption.[1] Williams-Warren was seen as a politically neutral choice compared to Cotton, Paterson's first African-American female mayor, who had succeeded to mayor by virtue of being council president.[1] She was sworn in on October 10, 2017.[5] She agreed to serve as mayor until the next mayor was sworn in after the general election in May 2018.[2] While mayor, she deferred her $97,500 state pension while she collected her $119,000 salary.[1][2]

On July 1, 2018, after the general election, she was succeeded by Andre Sayegh, Paterson's first Arab-American mayor.[1][6]

References

1. Malinconico, Joe (June 30, 2018). "Paterson says goodbye to popular outgoing Mayor Jane Williams-Warren, a 'class act'". northjersey.com.
2. Rahman, Jayed (October 3, 2017). "'I'm up for the job,' says Paterson's next mayor Jane Williams-Warren". Paterson Times.
3. Rahman, Jayed. "Paterson’s former city clerk recommended for Great Falls advisory commission", Paterson Times, February 21, 2017. Accessed October 18, 2021. "In all, Williams-Warren, an Eastside High School alumni, served the city for 48 years, according to city records."
4. Rahman, Jayed (June 20, 2018). "Paterson says goodbye to outgoing mayor Jane Williams-Warren". Paterson Times.
5. "Paterson Flashpoint: Council Votes Out Cotton; Installs Former City Clerk Warren-Williams As Acting Mayor". InsiderNJ. September 20, 2017.
6. Adely, Hannan (May 19, 2018). "Paterson marks milestone with election of first Arab-American mayor". northjersey.com.