Ecklond Elected to First Term as Mayor in Tuckahoe

Republican Steven Ecklond was elected to his first term as Mayor of Tuckahoe with 162 votes in Tuesday’s uncontested village election, according to village clerk Susan Ciamarra.  

Ecklond, who was first appointed to the board in 2004, had been deputy mayor since 2007.

Two open trustee positions were also filled Tuesday: Thomas Giordano was elected to his first full term on the board with 150 votes, according to Ciamarra.

was named to the board last July to fill the unexpired term of former village trustee Luigi Marcoccia, who was appointed to serve on the Eastchester Town Council.

There will also be a new face on the board come the April 4 reorganization meeting: Greg Luisi was elected to his first trustee term with 149 votes, according to Ciamarra.

Luisi, who works for the County corrections department, was also a past president of the Tuckahoe Youth Association, according to Tuckahoe Republican Committee chair Larry Marciano.

Upon receiving the nomination back in January, Ecklond said, “I have pledged to continue to serve all the residents of the Village that has been home to me and my family for five generations.”

“I look forward to reaching out to the residents and businesses throughout the campaign to listen to and address their concerns,” he said.

At the Tuckahoe Community Center Tuesday, where five of the village’s seven districts went to cast their ballots, election inspector John Hanley said the turnout had been “very, very slow” and “very intermittent.” 

He estimated anywhere from 140 to 170 people would vote in the election, and as of about 6 p.m. Tuesday some 119 people had cast their ballot.

Those who did turn out voted on the old lever voting machines as opposed to the ImageCast optical scan voting machines used in this past November’s election.

Hanley said voters were “positive and happy” that the old machines were there. He relayed a story about one voter who said a prayer that the lever machines were back.