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Trenton and breaking them in his business. It's incredible. It gives the state a black eye." Feldman called his actions a "misadventure and an error in judgment," and said the prosecution was just politics. He touted an endorsement from a former Republican senator, Fairleigh Dickinson Jr., who had unseated Feldman a decade earlier. Feldman won by 10,222 votes, 31,945 (58.98%) to 21,723 (40.11%), winning re-election by an even higher percentage than in the Democratic landslide of 1973.
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Governor Byrne was traveling in Japan. A third defendant, vice president of Emerson's Ltd. Donald Schwartz, pleaded guilty. Federal prosecutors alleged Feldman had paid $ 6,400 in cash to Schwartz in order to win about $ 240,000 in liquor business. Schwartz testified that one payment had come in an envelope "bearing the New Jersey Senate seal." Feldman did not deny that he had paid Schwartz but sought to have his indictment dismissed, claiming his prosecution by U.S. Attorney
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school districts on par with the suburbs by July 1, 1976. Governor Byrne proposed a state income tax as the only practical means of compliance. Byrne's proposed income tax legislation only narrowly passed the State
Assembly. Feldman, a staunch political ally of Byrne, led the income tax negotiations in the Senate. Refusing to allow senators to leave the chamber, Feldman played a key role in passing the tax plan, negotiating through the
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864:. " Teaneck The appointment of Mayor Matthew Feldman as honorary chairman and Julian B Silverstem as chairman of the Township drive for the $ 1,750,000 building-fund campaign of the Hebrew Home and Hospital of New Jersey, Jersey City, was announced last night by Joseph Gross, president.... Mayor Feldman was born in Jersey City and is a product of the City's public schools and Henry Snyder High School."
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violence. Feldman told listeners: "But I appeal to you, I urge you not to use 11- and 12-year-old children as weapons in a conflict between adults. Do not confuse your children by telling them that the obedience of law and authority is essential and then telling them that they don't have to attend school even though the law requires them to do so." School opened with no violence or large protests.
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Legislature met on January 10, 1977, for the opening of the legislative session, Republicans made an attempt to remove Feldman but lost the vote 24–10. All Senate Republicans voted against him, and five Democratic senators did not vote at all. In March 1977, a state Superior Court
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Feldman announced in April 1977 that he would seek re-election to the Senate. He was unopposed in the
Democratic primary. In the general election campaign, Republican William C. Clark, a former Bergenfield Councilman, hammered Feldman on his ethical issues, and on the "totality of his record. "Here's
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October 12, 1976, federal prosecutors charged Feldman and his son with bribing a restaurant chain employee to secure business for Federal Wine & Liquor. The Feldmans appeared in federal court on October 19 and entered not guilty pleas. Feldman was serving as acting governor on the date of his
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Feldman and the rest of the Teaneck Council remained neutral, citing a separation of powers between the municipal government and the elected Board of Education. In September 1964, Feldman was interviewed on WJRZ radio following threats of boycotting the opening day of school and of
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February 17, 1993, Feldman announced that he would not seek re-election to an eighth term in the Senate. In a letter to Democratic County Committee members, Feldman wrote: "For the Democratic Party to remain vital, it must continually redefine and renew itself. To do that, it must permit younger
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Feldman was the master of New Jersey's Senate for nearly 30 years, a legislative broker of the old school. He deployed a shrewd, conciliatory style, relying more on persuasion than partisan attacks or campaign cash. Feldman was more inclined to grab a colleague with a warm bear hug
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Bergen County voters chose to change their form of county government in a 1985 referendum, creating a new post of County
Executive. The first election would be in 1986. Feldman, whose 1976 conviction ended his hopes of running for governor, surprised political observers by announcing that he would
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In 1973, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that school children in urban and rural areas of the state were being denied a "thorough and efficient education," because public schools relied on local property taxes to fund education. The Court ordered the state to provide funding for urban and rural
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According to Feldman's longtime friend Leon Sokol, in 1946, Feldman was driving on Route 17 when he spotted a sign for new housing in Ridgewood reading "Restricted Development," code for no Jews or blacks. Feldman stopped the car, called some veteran friends and staged the forerunner of a "flash"
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During his first term in the state senate, Feldman served as the Assistant Majority Leader and as chairman of the Senate Education Committee. He led the fight to establish the Department of Higher Education and for increases in state education funding at all levels. He sponsored legislation that
791:, "We've been agonizing over this for months. The family has insisted that I've given public service over 30 years. It's time to conclude that public service." He cited the election of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in 1992 as evidence of the importance of "passing the baton to a new generation."
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Feldman was the Senate President Pro-Tempore from 1978 to 1982. He served as chairman of the Senate Education Committee from 1978 to 1992. Feldman served in the majority for all but the final two years of his Senate career.
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sought a $ 2.8 billion tax increase — the largest increase of any state in U.S. history. He faced a tough Republican challenger, 35-year-old Todd Caliguire, who had served as Assistant Counsel to Governor
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deferred the question to the Senate, saying the Senate had the constitutional right to determine the qualifications of its own members. On December 13, 1976, the Chief Counsel to the New Jersey Legislature,
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Feldman was re-elected in 1981 with 62% against attorney Barbara L. deMare, with 64% against Bergen County Bar Association President Michael L. Kingman in 1983, and 67% against Shel Haas in 1987.
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Waggoner, Walter H. (October 20, 1976). "PLEA OF NOT GUILTY ENTERED BY FELDMAN; Senate Head, Charged With Bribe, Takes Over as Byrne Leaves Feldman Denies Guilt and Then Takes Over for Byrne".
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In 1973, the Senate was fully redistricted into its modern system: forty districts with one Senator and two Assembly members for each, with lines tracing town, rather than county, boundaries.
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The advisory board on Community Relations of the Township of Teaneck recognizes worthy individuals and organizations with the Matthew Feldman Community Service Award, named in his honor.
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weekend and passing the package on July 8. Though initially unpopular, Byrne and Feldman were re-elected and Democrats held their majorities in the state senate and General Assembly.
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Feldman's last Senate campaign was in 1991, when he was 72 years old and dealing with some serious health issues. 1991 was a Republican landslide year after Governor
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in 1947 after marrying Muriel Gunsberg. He joined the Federal Wine and Liquor Company, a liquor distribution business started by his father and uncle.
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Waggoner, Walter H. (November 30, 1976). "Jersey Legislator Guilty of Bribery On Liquor Supply; Feldman Pleads Guilty to Bribery of Liquor Buyer".
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Hanley, Robert (March 8, 1977). "JUDGE REJECTS A BID TO REMOVE FELDMAN; Refuses to Oust President of Senate Over Plea on Bribery Charge".
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1468:"THE ELECTIONS: Changes in Jersey; Continuity in Connecticut; NEW JERSEY: Shapiro Loses in Essex County; McDowell Is Winner in Bergen"
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Ferretti, Fred (October 22, 1972). "Bergen Politics: A Tale of 2 Men; Bergen Politics: A Tale of the Leaders of Two Major Parties".
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reporter in 1972 that his political identity was solidified by
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1295:"Matthew Feldman, 75, Mayor Of Teaneck and State Senator"
1263:"Our Campaigns - NJ State Senate 37 Race - Nov 05, 1991"
1225:"Our Campaigns - NJ State Senate 37 Race - Nov 03, 1987"
1200:"Our Campaigns - NJ State Senate 37 Race - Nov 08, 1983"
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411:(March 22, 1919 – April 11, 1994) was an American
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860:, September 16, 1960. Accessed February 1, 2022, via
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