Cedarhurst elects 2 trustees on Tuesday

On Tuesday, March 15, voters in Cedarhurst village will cast ballots for two trustees in the first contested election since 1989. The voting will take place at Village Hall, at 200 Cedarhurst Ave., from 7 am to 9 pm.

Incumbent Trustees Ronald Lanzilotta and Myrna Zisman, running under the Citizen’s Party banner, are being challenged by Daniel Burg and Yoel Goldfeder, who are running together for the Village United Party. It is an at-large election, meaning that the two candidates who collect the most votes will win. The trustee seats have four-year terms.

Lanzilotta, 82, who was appointed deputy mayor after Benjamin Weinstock became mayor following the death of Andrew Parise last year, has been on the village board since 2001. Prior to that, he served on the village’s Board of Zoning Appeals for three years.

“I was born and raised in Cedarhurst and [have] seen the village evolve,” Lanzilotta said. “It’s all about giving back to this great community and keeping on top of complaints.”

Zisman, 77, a trustee since 2006, moved to Cedarhurst in 1982 from Brooklyn, where she was involved in city politics. She was a member of the zoning appeals board before she became a trustee. She also has been the village’s representative to the Town-Village Aircraft Safety and Noise Abatement Committee.

“This is my village. I love it,” Zisman said. “I’m not ready to retire.” 

A Cedarhurst resident since 2001, Burg, 40, is vice president of sales for the village-based Rocket Production, which supplies media screens, LEDs, motors and sound units to stores such as Target and Best Buy. His parents, Burg said — his father, Rabbi Melvin Burg, and his mother, Pearl — were civically involved. His mother worked for former NYC Councilman Noach Dear. 

“I am involved in my shul, and now I want to be involved in the community,” said Burg, who, like Goldfeder, is a member and on the board of Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi, also known as the Red Shul, in Cedarhurst. “After [Hurricane] Sandy I wanted to get involved. It stirred something inside of me.”