Voting completed in Cedarhurst elections

Village of Cedarhurst Village incumbent trustees, Ronald Lanzilotta Sr. and Myrna Zisman were re-elected in an uncontested election on Tuesday with 243 and 224 votes, respectively. There were no write-in votes.

“It’s very honorable,” Lanzilotta said about the votes he received and being re-elected. “I am very proud of the people on the board, how hard they worked for my re-election and I look forward to the next four years.”

Lanzilotta gained his third full four-year term on the board, while Zisman earned her second full term. Both were appointed to the board to finish out unexpired terms. Lanzilotta in 2001 and Zisman five years later.

“It’s amazing,” Zisman about the amount of votes she garnered comparing to other uncontested elections when not that many votes are cast.

A retired owner of a construction company, Lanzilotta said he was either the first or second person who voted right after the polls in Village Hall opened at 9 a.m. “It went pretty smooth,” he said about Election Day.

Zisman, who has always been politically active whether in Cedarhurst or prior in Brooklyn voted before lunch and noted the camaraderie the board enjoys. “We like each other and can’t wait to get back to work,” she said.

Being a village representative to the Nassau County Sewer Consolidation Program for nearly six years, Lanzilotta is looking ahead to when the entire project is completed and Cedarhurst is out of the sewer business. The county took control of Cedarhurst’s and the Village of Lawrence’s sewer plants on Jan. 1. The villages are awaiting hook up to the newly constructed Inwood pumping station that will move the water to the county’s Bay Park facility in East Rockaway.

Very active in her community and in Jewish affairs, Zisman views her role as the village’s diplomat who serves as a buffer to help resolve conflicts between the diverse groups in Cedarhurst, she said.