2023 in New Jersey

The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in New Jersey.

Incumbents

State government

Governor: Phil Murphy

Events

April 10 – 2023 Rutgers University strike: The staff of Rutgers University vote to go on the first strike by academics in the school's 257-year history, affecting over 67,000 students.
July 6 – A large fire on a cargo ship docked at the Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal in the Port of New York and New Jersey, kills two firefighters and injures five others.
August 2 – Two people are killed and two others are injured by an explosion at a house in Buena.
October 8 – Swaminarayan Akshardham, the world's second largest Hindu temple, is officially inaugurated and opened in Robbinsville.