Dedicated to Hoboken
Dini Ajmani is running to be mayor of Hoboken—her home with her husband, daughters, and their dog. She has the experience Hoboken needs right now. Dini has protected tax dollars as Assistant State Treasurer in Phil Murphy’s administration and worked to lower housing costs as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department. She understands the challenges our city faces—rising rents, infrastructure issues, and public safety concerns.
Dini believes in smart governance, fiscal responsibility, and policies that improve our everyday life. She will put her experience from running large organizations to work.
Put Residents First
Focus on essential services and bring back a sense of safety
Lower Rents and Taxes
Bring Hoboken back on a sound fiscal path
More Parking
Create additional parking for residents
Keep the Charm
Maintain city's unique feel and character with thoughtful growth
Dini’s top priorities
ABOUT
Dini’s life story is a testament to the ideals of hope and opportunity that define America. Raised in a small town in India, Dini was brought up by a father who was a welder, and a homemaker mother. Their hard work and dedication instilled in Dini a deep appreciation for possibility and perseverance.
She gained expertise in management with an MBA from Stanford University. Prior to that, she received a Masters in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin.
After school, Dini and her husband of now 37 years, Sonny, found their true home in the Garden State, eventually deciding to settle in Hoboken after one fateful evening when their NJ Transit train was cancelled and redirected to Hoboken. It was love at first sight for both of them, and perhaps the best thing to ever come out of an NJ Transit failure. Together, they raised two daughters while Dini worked her way up the ranks as one of the few women on a rough-and-tumble Wall Street trading floor.
Dini is deeply committed to giving back to the community and country that has offered her and her family so much. Over the last decade, she has harnessed her expertise in economics and finance—and experience with managing teams of hundreds of people — to some of the hardest issues in public service.
In 2018, Dini brought her passion for transparency and accountability in government budgeting to state government as the Assistant State Treasurer. There, she worked to stabilize New Jersey’s finances and fought to protect state pension benefits and negotiated aggressively with insurance companies to get New Jerseyans a better deal on health benefits. In recognition of her efforts, in 2021 President Biden appointed Dini as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department, where she worked to help the U.S. economy recover from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and lower housing costs.
All the while, Dini has become deeply embedded in the Hoboken community, serving on the Hoboken Planning Board and supporting local institutions that enhance the quality of life in the city.
Dini is ready to draw upon her experiences and record of service to help shape Hoboken’s next chapter as Mayor. She will fight to preserve the city’s unique character, support our families so they can thrive, and finally give Hoboken a government that is both responsive and responsible in addressing the many challenges the city faces.
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In the Press
Watch Dini's full interview on "The Pulse," dive deeper into the challenges Hoboken is facing and how Dini plans to solve them.
Dini stays up to date and informed on national financial concerns, particularly discussions on housing. In the Financial Times, Dini wrote about her objection to the privatization of the housing agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac because it will make housing even less affordable for Americans.
Hoboken City Council’s approval of the police contact will force property taxes to go through the roof. Dini firmly believes that our men and women in uniform deserve a fair wage. However, The Hoboken City Council’s actions have put Hoboken on a path to extremely large tax increases and irresponsible spending. This will especially hurt our residents on a fixed income who cannot sustain such steep tax increases.
"Building affordable housing is not the same as keeping housing affordable. Our residents want to continue to live in Hoboken, and this misguided decision will ultimately make housing less affordable in a time where families are still feeling the pinch of inflation.”
