With 10 mayor and trustee seats on three Great Neck village boards coming up for election next month, only the Village of Lake Success appears headed for a major shake up on its board.
Village of Lake Success Mayor Ron Cooper said he would not be running for re-election because he and his wife would be spending more time in Florida.
“I’m going to spend more time than before down there and it’s not fair for the village to continue as mayor when I’m not going to be able to be up here when I need to be up here,” he said. “My vision has basically been accomplished in the things that I wanted to do in the village.”
“It’s time for a new look and for new people to take on the responsibility and leadership,” Cooper added.
Village Administrator Patrick Farrell said trustee Adam Hoffman was the only candidate who filed to run for Cooper’s seat.
Farrell said if Hoffman is elected mayor, then the board would need to appoint someone to his trustee seat.
Cooper touted Hoffman’s record serving as a trustee, the village’s golf commissioner and chairing the finance committee.
“Adam will become a great mayor,” he said. “I believe he will be a terrific mayor and I look forward to having him as my mayor now as a resident.”
Trustees Fred Handsman and Alan Mindel, as well as Village Justice Howard Boris, all filed to run for re-election to their respective seats.
Hoffman, Lam, Handsman, Mindel and Boris, who are all uncontested, are running on the Village Party of Lake Success line.
All board seats are two-year terms.
The village mayor and justice are paid $3,600, while trustees are paid $1,800.
Residents can cast their ballot at Village Hall, located at 318 Lakeville Road, on June 21. Polls will be open from noon until 9 p.m.
In the Village of Great Neck, incumbent Trustees Barton Sobel and Norman Namdar are running for re-election.
Sobel and Namdar are running on the Great Neck Greater Village Party.
Village trustees are paid $4,800 annually.
Sobel was elected to the board of trustees in 2010 after former Trustee Edna Guilor stepped down.
Former Village of Great Neck Mayor Ralph Kreitzman appointed Namdar, who had served on the village’s board zoning appeals for nine years, to fill former village Trustee Mark Birnbaum’s seat when he was elected village justice in 2013, which had one year remaining on his term.
Residents can cast their ballot at Village Hall, located at 61 Baker Hill Road, on June 21. Polls will open at noon and close at 9 p.m.
In the village of Kings Point, incumbent Mayor Michael Kalnick, Deputy Mayor David Harounian and Trustee Sheldon Kwiat are all running unopposed for re-election.
Village Clerk Gomie Persaud said all three are running on the Taxpayers Party line.
All board seats are two-year terms.
Kalnick is seeking his 18th term as Kings Point’s mayor, having previously served as trustee and deputy mayor.
Harounian is seeking his seventh term on the board, while Kwiat is seeking to extend his more than 30-year stay on the board.
Village trustees are unpaid.
Residents can cast their ballot at Village Hall, located at 32 Steppingstone Lane, on June 21. Polls will open at noon and close at 9 p.m.
