One contested race among three Great Neck villages

Janelle Clausen
Perry Spector, of the Voice of the Village Party, is competing against Bart Sobel and Norman Namdar, both of the Great Neck Greater Village Party. (Photos courtesy of the candidates)
Perry Spector, of the Voice of the Village Party, is competing against Bart Sobel and Norman Namdar, both of the Great Neck Greater Village Party. (Photos courtesy of the candidates)

Three candidates are running for two trustee positions in the Village of Great Neck in the peninsula’s only contested race on Tuesday.

Perry Spector, 20, of the Voice of the Village Party, said he ran for trustee to boost transparency and citizen involvement, and add a young perspective to the village board. He called for live streaming meetings, updating the website and creating a new village newsletter.

Barton Sobel, 55, a Great Neck-based attorney who has served on the Board of Trustees since 2010 with the Great Neck Greater Village Party, said he wants to use his expertise to help see the Essex pedestrian bridge and revisioning of the downtown come to fruition.

Sobel also previously cited his experience, including serving on a parks citizen advisory board, the village Planning Board and the Friends of the Great Neck Parks group.

Norman Namdar, 77, brings experience on the Village of Great Neck Zoning Board of Appeals from 2000 through 2013, a career in civil and structural engineering and serving on the Board of Trustees since 2013 – making him the second longest serving trustee.

The elections come as the village works with VHB, an engineering firm, and a citizens advisory committee to try to revitalize Middle Neck Road and East Shore Road. They also come as a number of project applications are before the board, including a major redevelopment for Millbrook Court and a possible assisted living facility on the corner of Middle Neck Road and Hicks Lane.

Voting in the Village of Great Neck will take place from noon to 9 p.m. on Tuesday at Village Hall at 61 Baker Hill Road.

The villages of Lake Success and Kings Point have uncontested elections.

The Village Party of Lake Success had voted to nominate Deputy Mayor Stephen Lam, Peter Chang and Dr. Robert Gal to run for three trustee seats following Alan Mindel’s decision to retire. Mayor Adam Hoffman is also running for re-election uncontested.

Fred Handsman, who served on the Board of Trustees for more than two decades, was not renominated and did not file to run for re-election.

According to campaign filings, nobody is running against Kings Point Mayor Michael Kalnick, an attorney who has served as a trustee, Board of Appeals member and on the Water Authority of Great Neck North.

Trustees Sheldon Kwiat and David Harounian are also running in uncontested races.

The six other Great Neck villages held elections in March that were uncontested.

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