Michael Jay Wildes (born November 27, 1964) is an American immigration lawyer and politician serving as the 36th Mayor in Englewood, New Jersey. A member of the Democratic Party, Wildes served as Federal Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and as City Council Member for Englewood before he was elected mayor in 2003. He was re-elected in 2006. A nationally recognized authority on American immigration law, Wildes has called a "star lawyer" because of his success in defending his client's immigration rights, many of whom are celebrities. Wildes is the managing partner of law firm Wildes and Weinberg PC. He also serves as an immigration adviser to Pavia & amp; Harcourt LLP, Saiber, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
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Grandfather Mr. Wildes, Harry Wildes, is the owner of a retail store that immigrated to the United States from Bia? Ystok, Poland, in 1920. Her maternal grandfather, Max Schoenwalter, owned a paint company and escaped from Nazi Germany in the late 1930s to immigrate. to the United States. Schoenwalter was instrumental in the creation of the Queens Jewish Center.
Wildes's mother, Ruth Schoenwalter Wildes, is a prominent member of the Jewish community in Forest Hills, New York, where she lives and raises her family. He reportedly inspired the creation of the Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE), which was founded in his memory. MJE hosted the annual Ruth B. Wildes Memorial Lecture on yahrtzeit (the anniversary of Jewish death). The warning lectures have been given by Jonathan Sacks, Alan Dershowitz, Meir Soloveichik, Jacob J. Schacter, Norman Lamm, Adin Steinsaltz, Shlomo Riskin, Malcolm Hoenlein, and several other renowned speakers. Ruth Wildes died of breast cancer in 1995.
Wildes's father, Leon Wildes, is an American Jewish lawyer born and raised in Olyphant, Pennsylvania. He studied the Bible at Yeshiva College, where he obtained a bachelor's degree with a magna cum laude award. He was awarded both J.D. and LL.M from NYU Law School and then opened his own law firm, Wildes and Weinberg PC, in 1960.
Leon Wildes drew worldwide fame in 1972 when he succeeded in defending John Lennon and Yoko Ono from a deportation attempt by the US government. In 2016, Leon Wildes wrote a book, John Lennon vs. The USA , which tells the details of Lennon's case. Michael wrote the foreword of the book.
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Biography
Wildes was born on November 27, 1964 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, and grew up watching his father's law practice in the 1960s/70s.
Wildes is a graduate of Queens College from City University of New York and Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he is currently teaching immigration law as an additional professor. A community activist from the age of 14, Wildes was an assistant police officer with the New York Police Department from 1982-92, at that time he was also a member of Community Council 6, a member of the New York State Council for Claims and Teachings of New Victim, and a candidate for Democratic District Leader of the 28th Assembly District, New York State.
In 1989, he became a federal prosecutor for the US Attorney's Office, where he participated in several high-profile cases, including a corruption case involving former US Congressman Mario Biaggi.
In 1993, Wildes joined the law firm Wildes and Weinberg PC, where he represented several defectors who had made it difficult to obtain national security information to the United States, as well as high-profile immigrant parents who had been separated from their children. Wildes also obtained a visa, green card, and helped navigate the naturalization process for his foreign clients, including artists, athletes, models, and businesspeople.
In 1998, Wildes was elected to Englewood, the New Jersey City Council, serving two periods until 2003. He testified before Congress on anti-terrorism laws in 1999, at the request of US Representative Rob Andrews. In 2003, Wildes ran for Mayor of Englewood City, New Jersey, a position he held for two periods from 2004-10.
Wildes grew up in a high-performing Modern Orthodox Jewish house in the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam (in Hebrew: ?????? ?? ? , "improve the world"). His brother, Mark, is a Rabbi.
Wildes began to volunteer with his local chevra kadisha (Aramaic: ????????, "sacred society"), a group of men and women who made sure that the corpse was buried properly in accordance with the Jewish Law, when he was 14. He was interned with congressman Gary Ackerman and Congressman Geraldine Ferraro when he was 18 years old.
Education and NYPD
Wildes accepts B.A. Magne cum laude in Political Science from Queens College of City University of New York in January 1986, and obtained JD from Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School in June 1989. As a scholar at Queens College, Wildes was awarded the political science from the Division of Social Sciences of Queen College, and was elected to Pi Sigma Alpha (national honorary political science society). He also made a list of Deans. The State Bar's revenue includes New York, New Jersey, and Washington D.C.
Wildes served with the New York Police Department as an additional police officer from 1982 to 1992 serving all the time as a law student and a member of the Community Council 6. As a member of the 112th NYPD police, he lectured on crime prevention and public safety. at the home and community center of New York. When he resigned from the NYPD in 1991, he told a reporter, "Although it is difficult for me to part with the NYPD, my commitment to law enforcement will never stop."
Legal career
US Attorney's Office
Wildes served in the US Attorney's Office in Brooklyn from 1989-1993 and testified on Capitol Hill in connection with anti-terrorism legislation. He served as Special Assistant to US Attorney until he retired from the US Attorney's Office in 1993 to join his father's law firm.
- Biaggi case
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Wildes was a federal prosecutor in the corruption case of former Governor Mario Biaggi. Biaggi has been trying to avoid paying a $ 872,000 corruption fine, and will not disclose where he hid the money he earned after getting out of prison in 1992. Biaggi claims that the government has harassed him and refused to talk about his finances unsecured. immunity.
In response to the alleged harassment claim, Wildes told the New York Post, "No harassment was involved here." As part of a criminal sentence, Mr. Biaggi was ordered to pay a fine, the government trying to collect this fine.
Wildes and Weinberg PC
Wildes joins Wildes and Weinberg PC, a law firm specializing in immigration law, in 1993. He became a managing partner in 2010.
- The case of Al-Khilewi
Early in his career in Wildes and Weinberg, Wildes represented Mohammed al Khilewi, a high-ranking Saudi Arab diplomat who asked Wildes' advice to effectively defect to the United States in 1994. Al-Khilewi has leaked thousands of documents to the FBI that describes crimes against humanity, corruption and financial support for militant Islamic groups by the Saudi royal family, and was hunted down by Saudi intelligence agents who followed him to New York after he defected. Wildes acquired political asylum for al-Khilewi, who now lives in hiding in the New York City area.
- The case of Roush
In 1995, Wildes represented Patricia Roush, an American mother whose two daughters were abducted and taken to Saudi Arabia by her ex-husband. Roush married a Saudi national named Khalid Al-Gheshayan, in 1978. In 1979, Gheshayan was arrested in the United States for domestic violence (attacking Roush and their newborn daughter), drunk driving, batteries, and vandalism. He was deported to Saudi Arabia in the same year. Roush divorced Gheshayan in 1985 and obtained sole custody of his daughter. However, Gheshayan protested the custody decision in 1986 and received several visitation rights.
During the second visit with two daughters in January 1986, Gheshayan abducted the girls, who were 7 and 3 years old, and flew them to Saudi Arabia. Roush petitioned the State Department for nine years in an effort to bring his daughter back to America, but ultimately unsuccessfully. Wildes offered to represent Roush pro bono after he met him in 1995. Wildes negotiated a deal with Saudi diplomats allowing Roush to visit Saudi Arabia on a visa, and allow him to visit his children in Riyadh. US Marines accompany Roush during his journey. He was allowed to see his children for two hours during his journey in 1995, and since then they have not seen him. Wildes said of the case: "Our government has given in to its sadness The US government is more concerned about its oil and military agenda than its daughters.Phone calls from President Clinton to King Faud will have the girls on the plane in one He will not doing so, he and Bush and Reagan handed it over to their staff, who did nothing but give it a reason, wrote letters, founded the façade instead of going to the Saudi government and doing the arrangements so the girls could spend the same time here and there. "
- The Al-Sayegh Case
In 1997, Wildes represented Hani Abdel Rahim al-Sayegh, a Saudi national who was accused of involvement in the 1996 Khobar Tower bombing. In June 1996, a housing complex in Khobar, Saudi Arabia used to host American military personnel was destroyed by a truck bomb, killing 19 people and wounding 498. Al-Sayegh is suspected of being a driver and seeking offenders. of the attack. Wildes arranged for Al-Sayegh to be transferred to the United States after he was found in Canada, in 1997.
The US court later sealed the fact that when Al-Sayegh was taken to the United States he made a deal with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to plead guilty to previous, smaller, and failed terrorist attacks, and to provide information about the Khobar Towers. bombing. However, public records reveal that Al-Sayegh later told US officials that he had been in Iran during the Khobar attack and that he had no knowledge of details about the attack. Wildes acts as Al-Sayegh's immigration lawyer. Media sources indicate that Wildes argues that Al-Sayegh has lied about his knowledge of the attack for fear of being deported to Saudi Arabia, where he is likely to be tortured and killed. Wildes also told The New York Times that he suspects Al-Sayegh has been given to the United States to meet the demands of American law enforcement officials who have so far been unable to access any suspected Khobar bombing.
In April 1997, US government officials announced that they did not have sufficient evidence to extradite Al-Sayegh. Since the US can not charge Al-Sayegh with crime, he was deported back to Saudi Arabia in October 1999. Al-Sayegh should be tried in Saudi Arabia for his supposed role in Khobar bombing but it is assumed, though unconfirmed, that he was beheaded immediately upon arrival in Saudi Arabia. In 2006, a US court found Iran and Hezbollah Al-Hijaz guilty of plotting and carrying out the bombing of the Khobar Tower.
- Kwame James case
In 2003, Wildes represented Kwame James, known as the "heroes of shoe fighters" after beating Richard Reid, the 2001 shoe bomber plot. Reid, a British citizen with loyalty to al-Qaeda, had boarded American Airlines Flight 63 (flying from Paris to Miami) on December 22, 2001 with an explosive device hidden in the heel of his shoe. After a stewardess found Reid trying to light his shoes with a match, James, a passenger on the plane, handled Reid and prevented him from lighting the bomb. James held Reid for almost four hours while the plane flew into an emergency landing at Logan International Airport in Boston.
Although James is hailed as a hero by American media and politicians, James is not an American citizen and therefore can not remain in the United States. James, a Canadian and Trinidad and Tobago dual citizen at the time, was promised a work visa by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), although he never received it.
Wildes represented James pro bono in 2003 and personally brought James's case to the attention of Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and then US Representative Joseph Crowley (D-NY). Wildes criticized the US government's threat to deport James, saying, "Is this the message you want to send to someone who looks down on terrorism? It's a national disgrace". James became an official resident of the United States in 2003 and a US citizen in 2010, thus holding citizenship in three different countries.
- Clients and other famous cases
- Obtained an O-1 visa for Brazilian soccer star Pela, so PelÃÆ' Â © can participate in rebuilding the New York Cosmos soccer team.
- Received a green card for songwriter and dancer, Sarah Brightman.
- Received EB-1 green card for British singer-songwriter Craig David.
- Obtain an O-1 visa extension for British singer-songwriter, Boy George.
- Obtain full US citizenship for French chef Jean-Georges.
- Obtained an O-1 visa for Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the British Empire.
- Getting a visa for Miss Universe 2009, StefanÃÆ'a FernÃÆ'¡ndez, original from Venezuela.
- Obtained a working visa for Angolan beauty queen and Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes.
- Obtain an O-1 visa for Gabriela Isler, Venezuelan fashion model and winner of Miss Venezuela 2012 and Miss Universe 2013.
- Obtained O-Visa for Jimena Navarrete, an Mexican actress and model who won Miss Universe 2010.
- Get green card for Venezuelan Dayana Mendoza, winner of Miss Universe 2008.
- Received a green card for singer-songwriter Chris Braide.
- Obtained an O-1 visa for British supermodel, Yasmin Le Bon.
- Get green card for driver and model of Canadian NASCAR, Maryeve Dufault.
- Obtained an O-1 visa for Dutch pop and jazz singer Caro Emerald.
- Obtain full US citizenship for the celebrity hairdresser, Julien Farel.
- Obtain an O-1 visa extension for an Australian-Italian tenor and songwriter, Alfio.
- Getting nearly 100 O-1 and O-2 visas for Andrew Lloyd Webber and the Jesus Christ Superstar Arena Spectacular players.
- Obtained an O-1 visa for Israeli songwriter and songwriter Arkadi Duchin.
- Obtain a 0-1 visa for Japanese orchestra conductor, Reona Ito.
- Obtained an L-1 visa for the Italian physicist Stefano Buono.
- Represents Brazilian supermodel, Gisele BÃÆ'¼ndchen.
- The British tennis player, Virginia Wade.
- Represents Canadian hockey player Billy Smith.
- Represents Canadian hockey player and coach, Al Arbor.
- Representing Australian professional golfer Greg Norman.
- Represents Mohammad Gulab, an Afghani villager who rescues US Marines Seal Marcus Luttrell.
- Represents Rezai Karim, the victim of a stabbing attack by an ISIS loyalist.
- the represented Mewesta Trump - originally from Slovenia and now a US citizen - and gives a letter to the media indicating that he has never worked illegally as a model in the United States.
- Represents Janosh Neumann, a former Russian intelligence officer who defected to the United States in 2008.
- Represents Sinead O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter.
- Represented American actress Kelly Rutherford during her international child prisoner battle with her ex-husband Germany.
Academic career
In 2007, Wildes began teaching criminal law as a professor at Bergen Community College in Bergen County, New Jersey. Wildes was the mayor of Englewood at the time, and taught at the Division of Business, Mathematics, and Social Sciences at the BCC Paramus campus. In 2011, he became a professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University.
In November 2015, he produced a continuing law education course for Lawline.com about how international students can retain their US status after graduation.
Political career
In 1988, Wildes, then a community activist, additional police officer, and full-time law student, ran for Democratic District Leader in the 28th Assembly District, Part A in New York (which included Forest Hills, Rego Park, Elmhurst, and Maspeth). He was an active member of Community Board 6, and was nominated for membership at the Local Claims and Adjudication Board of New York State by Governor Mario Cuomo (and later appointed by President Ronald Reagan).
Wildes has since been appointed by the President of the United States to the New Jersey District Selective District System Complaints Council and still a member of the Current Hazards Committee (with former CIA Director James Woolsey and former US Sen. Joseph Lieberman).
Englewood Town Council
In early March 1998, local media in northern New Jersey began publishing rumors that Wildes was urged to run for Democrats for the second Ward seat at City Council in Englewood, NJ On Monday, March 16, 1998, a member of the ruling city council, Herb Honig, announced he would not seek re-election for a second term. Wildes announced that he would run for a seat on the same day. However, the next day, Honig reversed his decision and decided he would run for re-election.
The local media widely described Honig as "the perfect local politician," and Wildes as the "newcomer" in the primary elections. The media focuses on the religious affiliation of Orthodox Judaism Wildes. He gave the name of public education, beautify the environment, and involve young people in the political process as his top priority.
On March 25, 1998, the media reported that Honig had resigned from the city council race. The Democrat city committee committee voted for supporting Ellen Singer, last-minute challenger, for the Democratic nomination on April 1, effectively banning Wildes from the race. The primary is scheduled for June 2nd. At the end of April, however, reports that Singer has not been registered as a Democrat when he won the municipal committee vote putting Wildes back in the race.
On May 20, 1998 Northern Valley Suburbanite published a transcript of an audio recording of a phone call to Wildes, where Singer's husband Scott Singer threatened Wildes if he did not get out of the race. Wildes won the main Democratic Party 694-344 on June 2, 1998. Wildes won the election without opposition on 3 November 1998.
Wildes was elected temporary president of Englewood city council in 2000. He was the first member of the council to oppose the Home Depot development at Englewood (planned for construction in 2000), citing environmental, sanitary and beauty factors, as well as local public criticism against construction retailers. "I listen to my constituents, and their voices are loud and clear on the construction project," Wildes said at the time. He is the only member of the council to support a democratically elected school board, rather than the one appointed. Suburbanite calls him "the most [city council] activist in the history of the city, giving the impression of never being off duty and never expecting to be out of duty." Wildes was re-elected for a second term in the city council in 2000.
- Testimony of the congress
In May 1999, during his first term in the city council, Wildes was asked to testify before the US House of Representatives' Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security (later called "Immigration and Claim Subcommittee"). Wildes was invited to testify by Representative Rob Andrews (D-NJ). Andrews sponsors a piece of law (H.R. 2184) to find and deport alien illegals linked to terrorism, and wants a legal opinion. Wildes supports the bill, which targets those who "consciously assist and abetted" individuals who plan or participate in terrorist acts. Wildes says he believes the bill is about the right balance between defending the rights of individual legal proceedings and defending the American public from acts of terrorism.
Englewood Mayor
In January 2003, Northern Valley Suburbanite reported that Wildes had collected $ 60,000 to "run a mystery office."
In February 2003, the media speculated that Wildes would run for Englewood mayor, based on Wildes' political fundraising since early 2003. Wildes has raised Englewood's national profile by raising money for Democratic candidates. On Thursday, March 13, 2003, Wildes became the first candidate in the Englewood 2003 mayoral race to announce that he is running for Mayor Paul Fader, who has announced that he will not seek re-election.
On March 19, New Jersey State Senator Byron Baer announced he would fight Wildes for the mayor, at the urging of Democratic Chairman Bergen, Joe Ferriero. Englewood's Democrat Committee, however, voted against Baer for the mayor, and supported Wildes 18-4. On April 3, at a public forum in Englewood, NJ, US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton backed Wildes to the mayor. On April 9 it became clear that Wildes would be fought for a Democratic nomination, and set to face Republican candidate Ray Aspinwall in November elections.
After another attempt by Englewood boss Joe Ferriero to push Wildes off the tickets, local media predicted Wildes would easily win the election because most of Englewood's Democrats. Byron Baer, ​​Loretta Weinberg, Gordon Johnson, and several other leading Englewood democrats support Wildes for the mayor at the end of September.
Ray Aspinwall, a predictable candidate for presidential candidate, quit the race on October 1 to focus on his job as executive director of the Bergen District Republican Party. Wildes was elected mayor on November 4, 2003.
Wildes was sworn in for his first term as mayor on January 1, 2004 by United States Senator Frank Lautenberg and Kadijah Thomas, editor of Dwight Morrow High School's farewell speech in 2004. Wildes held his two grandchildren Chumashim (printed Torah), written in 1929, at the ceremony inauguration. On the same day, Wildes approved a $ 46.6 million school construction proposal to rebuild and improve public education at Englewood.
The plan, produced by John Grieco's School Superintendent, was described by The Bergen Record as a "no-frills approach" to meeting health and building regulations at school facilities, some of them 90 years old. "Douglas E. Hall, editor of The Press Journal, wrote a newspaper in his newspaper that encouraged higher voter turnout among Englewood residents to support Griec's plan.He believes that Englewood's general school slump has caused" de facto separation ", and praised Wildes' support for efforts to improve the situation.Hard wrote,
Now it is true these days, it is so cold that many do not want to go out for any reason. Perhaps the country should rethink voting on school ties in January. Something had to be done to encourage voter participation on a critical issue as it did in Englewood. Not only is the viability of education worthwhile at Englewood? John Grieco has called the conditions in the neglected system "virtually immoral," but large funds are needed to pull this system out of the de facto segregation. Apparently the school system has deteriorated over the years that this rich and poor city has allowed the situation to exist so only the children of families who are unable to send them to private schools attend public schools. The result is 97 percent black and Hispanic district schools... Mayor Michael Wildes has approved of the plan and it should mean something.
The school construction plan was defeated from 1.508 to 1.492. The referendum is called "not definitive", however, because of the snowstorm that begins on polling day and lasts until polls close, and due to a slight margin (one half of one percent). Wildes conveyed the results of the referendum, saying "The way I interpret it is that there are people coming forward who want to raise their taxes for the good of society but we have to look beyond taxes." Investment in a school system like investing in A portfolio, you hope it will result in an increase the value of the property that will make Englewood a more attractive place. If our kids do better, it will hurt us in other areas of government, but more than anything it is a moral issue, people are judged by the way we take care of our children. "Voters approve of school construction ties to the referendum later.
In his first speech as mayor, Wildes called the three issues his top priority: "public education, property taxes, and bringing new perspectives to the government." In his first month at the office, Wildes visited several primary schools and high schools in Englewood to begin a dialogue with students, as part of his plan to engage more young people in the political process. He talks to students about America's success and dreams. At one such event, an elementary school student asked Wildes whose political influence was the earliest. Wildes is named John F. Kennedy. At another address at Dwight Morrow High School, he told the students, "Never underestimate what good people can do for you, people remember small things, good morning, how your day etc. And in return to be people which both makes you worthwhile and interesting. "That same month, Wildes met with Cristina FernÃÆ'¡ndez de Kirchner, then the First Lady of Argentina.
In February 2004, Wildes formed a task force to investigate reports by Latino immigrants living in Englewood that they had been targeted for a very disturbing housing inspection. The Bergen Record printed reports of several attacks in January 2004 that appeared to specifically target Colombians living in West, Charles, and James Streets. At a town council meeting in January, Donald Porrino, a Zoning Englewood officer, refused to target any ethnic group, saying that the checks were intended to check overcrowding and other fire safety risks. Wildes responded by saying, "Although the city has a genuine interest in avoiding fires and ensuring that people live in hygienic conditions - we still have to ensure that people's rights and homes are respected.While it concerns salvation and rights individual, independent review justified ". Wildes named Remberto Perez chairman of the investigative committee, although Christian Estevez replaces Perez in April. The task force judged the attack "disturbing and bordering on violations of civil rights." In March 2004, Wildes ordered a study of Route 4 to examine the possibility of other improvements and improvements on the road.
In May 2004, he assisted the New Jersey River Dash Program, Hackensack Riverkeeper, and the Palisades Learning Center planting 65 trees at Englewood Crystal Lake Park. That same month he went to Jerusalem to attend the 22nd Conference of the Mayor of Jerusalem. The conference focuses on the prevention of terrorism and training the mayors for crisis situations.
During his two terms as mayor of Englewood, Wildes gave the key to the city to some famous recipients. In 2004, Wildes gave the key to the town to Rabbi Seth Mandel, a man whose son was killed in a 2001 terrorist attack in Israel.
In March 2004, Wildes gave Sheik Abdul Hadi Palazzi a key to Palazzi's work promoting peace between Muslims and Jews. In January 2005, Wildes gave the key to American blues singer BB King, who told audiences at Englewood, "I am delighted to meet your handsome young mayor, who looks like a special man, who will be there for a long time. time."
In August 2005, Wildes gave the key to Steve Averbach, a crippled man after saving dozens of lives in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem. In January 2006, Wildes gave the key to artist Ruth Inge Hardison for Martin Luther King Jr. statue. In February 2006, Wildes gave keys to vocalists Tony Bennett and Billy Joel. In 2007, Wildes gave the key to former President Bill Clinton. In 2007 Wildes also gave the key to Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a Bangladeshi-Muslim journalist who was imprisoned and tortured by the Bangladeshi government for visiting Israel. In May 2009, Wildes assigned a key to Englewood Police Detective Department, Stephen C. Ford, in recognition of Ford's 25 years service as an Englewood detective and a 21-year-old serving as a soldier in the US Army.
- 2006 Reelection
In July 2006, local media speculated that independent candidate Robert Stern and Baruch Republican candidate Bruce Prince would fight Wildes at Englewood's 2006 mayoral race; Wildes is ready to be re-elected. Frank Huttle (current Englewood mayor), and Assemblyman Gordon M. Johnson support Stern for the mayor, even though Wildes wins the Democratic party. Huttle and Johnson write campaign literature for Stern and raise funds for his campaign. In Suburbanite interviews of three candidates, Wildes spoke of public education spending, maintaining a stable tax base, and reforming the city council as his top priority for a second term.
On October 19, Englewood Town Council Member Kenneth Rosenzweig openly supported Wildes as mayor of the fundraising event. Guide northjersey.com for the selection of Englewood mayor 2006 named Englewood community center, suburban growth, tax breaks, and accountability as the biggest problem in the election. Soon after, former US President Bill Clinton recorded Robocall's support from Wildes. The tape was broadcast to Englewood residents during the 2006 race. In that call, Clinton said,
Hello, this is Bill Clinton. Tuesday is an important election for Englewood's future. I urge you to re-select Mayor Michael Wildes. Mayor Wildes has struggled to improve public education, maintain lines on taxes, and fight against excessive development. He received your vote November 7th. Michael Wildes is a Democrat you can trust. thanks.
Wildes was re-elected for a second term on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, with 4,379 votes. Stern collected 2,325 votes, and Prince finished with 372 votes. Wildes said he was "instituted by the resounding support of Englewood community members." Wildes was sworn in for his second term on January 2, 2007.
In the first week of his second term, Wildes appointed five new members to Englewood's planning board: Reverend Dr. Vernon Walton, Comet Jordan, Lenore Schiavelli, Leland Robinson, and Warren Finkel. In February 2007, Wildes was appointed chair of the New Jersey City Task Force Task Force to study the effects of illegal immigration on municipalities.
- Appointment to Governor Immigration Panel
On Monday, August 6, 2007, Wildes was appointed by New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine to the Special Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Immigration. The panel, setup by Governor Corzine in response to immigration-focused demonstrations in Morristown, was created to make recommendations on "education, citizenship, civil rights, equitable housing, health care, language skills and job training," according to a Newsday > articles. 27 panel members were given 15 months to make recommendations. Wildes says panel-making is a necessary temporary measure, while Congress stands silent on the sidelines watching our corrupt immigration system.
Wildes cites his experience as an immigration lawyer and mayor of a city with a large immigrant population as a qualifier for his appointment to the panel. The executive summary report on April 30, 2009 makes recommendations on immigrant access to social, labor force, education and state and local government services.
In 2008, MSNBC surveyed 1,000 mayors across the country, including Wildes, to ask what advice they had for the arrival of President-elect Barack Obama. Wildes calls comprehensive immigration reforms the most important issue for Obama to focus on his first term in office. Wildes writes, "Our new President and Congress must enact comprehensive immigration reforms that incorporate legalized acquisitions, appropriate legal channels to employ low-skilled workers, and enhance enforcement and employer sanctions."
On Tuesday, November 11, 2008, Wildes honored the veterans at Englewood at the Liberty Poll on Palisades Avenue. Wildes honors World War II veterans as well as Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. In his speech at the ceremony, Wildes said, "From the fields in Bunker Hill to the mountains of Afghanistan, our brave young men and women always fight against injustice.When the young soldiers continue their mission we stand among those who have completed their mission and return to the house Today, we pay homage to the glory of their service. "
In January 2009, Wildes met with New Jersey Homeland Security officials to discuss community security. He said he was deeply concerned about terrorism directed at schools and places of worship. In the State of the Fifth Address of the City, Wildes promises to "push the boundaries of what we can do for the good citizens of this city" in his final year at the office. Wildes emphasizes education, taxes and government as the highest priority issue for the end of his second term.
On January 9, 2009, Wildes swears at Arthur O'Keefe as the new Englewood Police Chief. In February 2009, Wildes announced he would not seek a third term as mayor, to partner with Wildes and Weinberg PC.
2012 Congressional Elections
In March 2012, Wildes decided to run in New Jersey's 9th congress district, based in the districts of Bergen and Passaic. In the Democratic primary, he will face US Congressman Steve Rothman and Bill Pascrell. Local media speculated that Wildes's candidacy would help Pascrell win primary elections. Wildes finally decided not to run and put his support behind Rothman in the Democratic primary. Rothman lost the Pascrell election. Wildes has $ 700,000 in hand.
2018 Mayoral elections
On June 6, 2018, Wildes won a Prime Democrat for Englewood Mayor, defeating his opponent Phil Meisner by 2-1.
Controversial statement
Wildes caused widespread controversy in 2009 when he organized a demonstration against Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi's visit to New Jersey.
Wildes urged the US State Department to prevent Gaddafi from staying in a tent on the land of Donald Trump at Englewood during the 2009 United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City. Wildes said: "I have all the trouble with the man who claimed to blow up an airplane that killed 38 New Jersey citizens and had the courage in the last few days to give a hero's welcome to a terrorist convict.Having to throw away his garbage for free is insulting." The town of Englewood does not have to pay the cleaning and security fees for the Libyan leader and the opposition demonstrators.
Philanthropy
Wildes has served on the boards of several major philanthropic organizations and has become renowned for his charitable contributions and volunteer work. He served as chairman of the American Jewish Congressional Committee 'on International Terrorism, and is a member of the Advisory Council for the Urban League of Bergen County.
He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Boys Town Jerusalem, a Jewish orphanage in Israel. He has been a certified EMT since 1992, and is a volunteer for Hatzoloh, Jewish emergency medical services in New York, and is used to assist Englewood Volunteer Ambulance Corp (EVAC). He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of WhyHunger, and is a member of the Council of Experts for Public Security Services (CSS), an organization that protects the American Jewish Community.
He is a member of the Lay Adviser of the New York Rabbi Council, and is a member of the New York State Bar Association. Wildes is also a member of the Manhattan Jewish Experience Board (MJE), an orthodox Jewish outreach program created by Wildes' brother Rabbi Mark Wildes, who founded the organization to commemorate their late mother, Ruth B. Wildes.
In February 2004, Wildes received the Aleh Foundation's Civic Leadership Award to help Aleh raise funds for children with developmental disabilities in Israel. In April 2004, Wildes received the Special Service Award of Henry Morgenthau Jr. at the National Party Dinner Party of Israel, Tribute.
Personal life
Wildes married immigration lawyer Amy Messer, in 1990. They met in Wildes' father immigration class at Cardozo Law School. They live in Englewood, New Jersey with their four children. Asked about his legal and political successes, Wildes told a student at Janis E. Dismus High School in Englewood, "If you're honest with yourself, everything will come naturally." I'm honest. â € In December 2013, American Airlines saluted Wildes for performing emergency medical services for elderly women suffering from temporary ischemic attacks (mini strokes) on the aircraft ridden by Wildes. Wildes, who has 20 years experience as an EMT volunteer, receives frequent flier miles bonus from American Airlines for his help.
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