Four vie for two village trustee seats

First contested election in Cedarhurst since 1989

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For the first time in 27 years, the Village of Cedarhurst will have a contested election, as incumbent Trustees Myrna Zisman and Ronald Lanzilotta are being challenged by Yoel Goldfeder and Daniel Burg.

The election will take place March 15 at Village Hall, at 200 Cedarhurst Ave., from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday was the deadline for candidate petitions. It is an at-large election, meaning that the two candidates with the most votes will win four-year trustee terms.

Goldfeder and Burg declined to provide the Herald with their photos.
Lanzilotta, who has been a trustee since 2001, began his village government career as a zoning board member in 1998. As a trustee, he has been the chairman of the village’s Architectural Review Board since 2004 and the village board’s representative to the Nassau County Sanitary Sewer Consolidation Program since 2006. He is a past member of the Inwood Buccaneers Boys and Girls Club.

“I want to be re-elected so I can see through some projects, like the sewer system updates,” he said. “I also enjoy working with the other board members, and think that we work together well, as a family.”

Zisman has worked as a state committeewoman for the 41st Assembly District in Brooklyn, co-founded the Women’s Pro Israel National Political Action Committee, and in 1980 was appointed to the Citizens Committee for the Democratic National Convention by then-New York City Mayor Ed Koch.

During her first year as trustee, 2006, Zisman also served on the village’s zoning board. In addition to her work as trustee, she is a board member for the Town Village Aircraft Safety Noise Abatement Committee, which seeks to mitigate noise from aircraft arriving at and departing from John F. Kennedy International Airport.

“I am seeking another term because I feel as though I can still contribute to the board and the community,” she said. “I have always believed in working together in this community, those who have lived here for many years along with those who are young and new to Cedarhurst.”

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