New Details On Bomb Scare At Secaucus Hospital

SECAUCUS, NJ — Secaucus Police released more information about the early-morning bomb scare at the town hospital, Hudson Regional Medical Center, which was recently renamed Secaucus University Hospital.

Starting at 5:08 a.m. Tuesday, the hospital started receiving excessive phone calls from an unknown person, making bomb threats to the building, said police. Police arrived and made contact with the caller, who remained on the phone and continued to make threats to the hospital.

Police dogs were called in and swept all the floors of the hospital. No explosives were found, and by 7 a.m. the threat was determined to be unfounded. Authorities said it appears to be a swatting incident.

No arrests have been made at this time.

Two helicopters were stationed over the hospital for more than an hour Tuesday morning, from about 5:45 to 7:15 a.m. The Secaucus Fire Department also responded.

Secaucus Police told people in a Facebook post Tuesday to avoid the area of the hospital, which is located on Meadowlands Parkway.

"The Secaucus Police Department investigated a bomb threat at Secaucus University Hospital this morning. The threat was deemed not credible. All precautions were taken and there is no threat to the hospital or the public," said the Secaucus Police Dept.

The Secaucus town hospital is owned by Yan Moshe, a real estate developer. In 2024, he took over ownership of three other hospitals in Hudson County: Bayonne Medical Center, Hoboken University Medical Center and Christ Hospital — which he renamed Heights University Hospital. All four hospitals, including Secaucus, would operate under the name Hudson Health System. Last Thursday, huge news broke that Christ Hospital closed, effective immediately, even though there were still patients in Christ at the time. A total of 206 employees at Christ Hospital were laid off. Moshe/Hudson Health System could not even pay the remaining Christ employees last Friday. As of Nov. 14, Moshe owes back pay to Christ Hospital employees.

The person calling in the bomb threat did not mention Christ Hospital or its closing, said Secaucus Police.