Healy then attended Seton Hall University School of Law and supported himself as a bartender and an ironworker.

[7] The attacks included the distribution of a photo taken of Jerramiah Healy on his porch in Jersey City, passed out and naked.

[8] Healy stood for re-election in May 2005, facing only token opposition from Melissa Holloway, a former city councilperson, and Alfred Marc Pine, who had received less than one percent of the votes in the special election.

[9] Healy sought re-election in 2009, running as an agent of change and promoting his record of putting extra police on the street and reducing violent crime in Jersey City.

Six of Healy's nine running mates for city council won outright on election day, two faced runoffs on June 9 and one lost to incumbent Steven Fulop in Ward E.[11] Healy lost his bid for another term as mayor on May 14, 2013 to Councilman Steven Fulop.

[17] Healy filed suit against the officers in question, alleging that they violated his right to free speech (the case was ultimately denied).

[19] Healy had a similar charge reduced to violation of a noise ordinance on a guilty plea in August 1999.

As part of his efforts at removing guns from Jersey City, Healy pushed an ordinance banning the sale of more than one handgun per month per customer.