Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Rikicin Newark na 1967
ya hanzarta ƙauracewar iyalai daga wannan birni, da yawa daga cikinsu sun ƙaura zuwa 'yan ƙananan gidaje zuwa makwabciyar Irvington. Har zuwa 1965, Irvington kusan fararen fata ne kawai. A shekara ta 1980, garin ya kusan kusan kashi 40 cikin dari; a shekara ta 1990 ya kasance 70%. A ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1980, Fred Bost, bakar fata na farko da ya yi aiki a Majalisar Birnin, an rantsar da shi a matsayin Kwamishinan Yankin Gabas. Lokacin da yake da shekaru 24, Michael G. Steele ya zama bakar fata na farko da aka zaba a ofishin gwamnati a Irvington lokacin da ya lashe kujerar a hukumar makarantar a ranar 25 ga Maris, 1980, sannan ya zama magajin gari na farko na gari bayan shekaru goma, lokacin da aka zabe shi a 1990 kuma ya yi aiki na shekaru hudu, sai Sarah Brock Bostington a 1994. A cikin 1994 Steele ya koma Hukumar Ilimi don ci gaba da aikinsa a matsayin mai kula da Harkokin Kasuwancin Makarantar gundumar, yana aiki sama da shekaru 22. Magajin garin na yanzu shine Tony Vauss.