People's Caucus Nominates Incumbents for New Terms

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY — The People’s Caucus of Briarcliff Manor nominated four incumbents for new terms of office at its annual Nominating Meeting in the William J. Vescio Community Wednesday.

Nomination by the People's Caucus in Briarcliff is tantamount to election. Very rarely do candidates even run against the caucus's slate for village offices.

According to Caucus officials:

Mayor Lori A. Sullivan was nominated for a second two year term by Donna Herman with a second from Kerry Pohar. Trustee Mark L. Wilson was nominated for a third term by Kevin Hunt with a second from Steven Elkes. Trustee Bryan Zirman was nominated by Bruce Bloom for his second term with a second from Cesare Derose Jr. Village Justice Howard T. Code was nominated for his second four year term by Josh Parker with a second from Susan Code.

The Caucus Executive Committee thanks Tobi Klarnet the current Secretary, for her nearly five years of service and notes that she will finish out her current term but will not be able to stand for re-election since she has moved from the Village. Keith Austin nominated the remainder of the current members of the Caucus Executive Committee with a few position changes with a second by Rachel Leihbacher. Larisa Wayne- Paulmeno (current Vice Chair) was nominated for the position of Chair; Aaron Stern (current Chair) was nominated for the position of Vice Chair; Louis Linder, Treasurer was nominated for an additional one year term and Clorissa Gioscia (current Member at Large) was nominated for the position of Secretary.

The meeting was videotaped by Cecilia Rohr of Visual Touch Media and will be broadcast on Cablevision, Channel 15 on Saturday, January 14 at 2:30 PM, Sunday, January 15 at 1:00 PM, Monday, January 16 at 9:30 PM and Tuesday, January 17 at 11:00 PM.

The Caucus’ “Meet the Candidates Meeting” will be held Wednesday, January 18, 2017 in the William J. Vescio Community Center at 8:00 PM. At this meeting candidates Sullivan, Wilson, Zirman and Code will address the community and respond to questions from the Executive Committee and the public employing a question and answer format.

Since there were no additional nominations for any of the Village elected official offices the Special Voting Meeting that had been tentatively scheduled for January 25, 2017 will not be required. Candidates nominated for Village elected office are unopposed and in accordance with the Caucus Constitution a resolution will be introduced authorizing the Secretary to cast one vote for each candidate. Also, since the Caucus Executive Committee slate was unopposed, a resolution will be introduced authorizing the Secretary to cast one vote for the entire slate.

Following adoption of the Resolution to authorize the Secretary to cast one vote for each unopposed nominee, such candidates will receive the People’s Caucus endorsement and along with volunteer members of the Caucus and Executive Committee will initiate the process of collecting signatures on Village Independent Nominating Petitions in accordance with New York State Election Law to enable the candidates so endorsed to appear on the People’s Caucus ballot line.

The People's Caucus is a nonpartisan civic organization which encourages candidates to seek local elected office. Anyone resident in the Village of Briarcliff Manor who is eligible to vote in a general election is automatically a member of the Caucus, regardless of any other political party affiliation.