Deputy Mayor Assumes Control of Board After Manorhaven Mayor Resigns

Deputy Mayor John M. DiLeo, Jr., is presiding over the Village of Manorhaven's Board of Trustees after the sudden resignation of Michael T. Meehan as mayor. 

In a letter addressed to Jonathan Fielding, the villages's clerk-treasurer, dated March 15, Meehan submitted his resignation, effective March 17.

"It has been an honor and a privielge to serve as Mayor, but it is time for me to move ahead and focus on my family and on builiding my business," Meehan's leter stated. 

Click on the pdf to read the complete letter from Meehan.

Meehan's resignation letter was issued nearly a week before the village issued a letter, signed by DiLeo, to AG Towers, imploring it to find a suitable alternative location for a controversial cell tower. Meehan has stated in the past that had he had been mayor at the time of its consideration, he would a tower in the residential neighborhood of Manhasset Isle. 

A call to Meehan was not immediately returned. 

The mayor’s seat as well as two trustee seats are up for election in June.