hospital recorded a profit of $400,000, compared to a $1.8 million loss the same month one year earlier. HUMC is one of the largest employers in the City. Other work Roberts currently manages commercial and residential real estate in the City of Hoboken. Roberts supports the Symposia Bookstore and Community Center on Washington Street in Hoboken. As the landlord, he has kept the rent low for the charitable organization. Roberts’ additional business holdings include his family-owned Mexican-style restaurant, East LA. He has hosted fundraisers for charitable organizations, such as the American Cancer Society, at the restaurant. Roberts is a member of the Hoboken Elks Club. In September 2010; Roberts held a fundraiser for the Project Play Initiative, which is a subsidiary of the Hoboken Family Alliance. This event was held in the fall of 2010 and helped to raise money for the proposed renovation of Church Square Park’s playground equipment. Roberts championed the Waterfront Project, which provides free legal assistance and housing counseling for low-income people in Hoboken. Personal life David married Anna Marie LaMastra on April 29, 1984. She died of brain cancer on October 31, 2013. They have three children: Amanda, David Joseph, and Christopher. Roberts belongs to the St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Parish of Hoboken. Their beach house in Mantoloking, New Jersey, was pushed off its foundation and into the bay by Superstorm Sandy in October 2012. The photo of the house's roof rising above the water became of symbol of the storm's destruction of the Jersey Shore. The house was demolished in May 2013. The family built a new house on the old oceanfront site. References Sources 150 Years of Hoboken Anniversary Journal, a publication of the Hoboken Reporter, March 28, 2005, p 62.'' 1956 births Living people Thomas Edison State University alumni Mayors of Hoboken, New Jersey New Jersey Democrats