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Incumbent Thomas Tweedy was re-elected to another two-year term as Floral Park trustee. Tweedy, a Citizen's Party candidate, received 1,575 votes.
Fellow Citizen's Party candidate James Rhatigan, who was appointed by Mayor Phil Guarnieri to finish his unexpired trustee term, had to officially run for the position in this month's election. He held onto his seat with 1,560 votes, elected to a two-year term.
Unity Party candidate Alissa Amato, a licensed attorney in New York and New Jersey and currently working as an attorney in Nassau County, received 1,323. Amato is a graduate of Floral Park Memorial High School.
Current South Floral Park mayor Angel Soto was re-elected to serve another four-year term. The Resident Party candidate received 144 votes. Soto has lived in South Floral Park for 31 years.
His opponent, Civic Party candidate Jose Santos, received 111 votes. Santos, who has lived in the village since 1999, has been a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) for the South Floral Park Fire Department for almost two years and currently serves as president of the South Floral Park Civic Association.
Incumbent Resident Party candidate Kathleen Sharkey was re-elected to serve another four-year term as South Floral Park trustee. She received 152 votes. Sharkey has held the position since 1997.
Her running mate, Resident Party candidate Ernest Jackson, also an incumbent, received 131 votes. Jackson will begin his sixth term as South Floral Park trustee and has been active on the board for the past 20 years.
Citizen Party challenger Elton McCabe received 124 votes. McCabe has been a village resident for approximately 24 years and has served as a member of the South Floral Park Fire Department for 20 years.
Alarm Party challenger G. Michael Godfrey received 94 votes. Godfrey has been a village resident for 39 years and serves on the South Floral Park Fire Department.
Incumbent Resident Party candidate Scott Gumpert, who ran unopposed, received 154 votes. He was re-elected to another four-year term as South Floral Park justice.
Community Party candidate Rosaleen Shea received 204 votes, besting both incumbent Bellerose Village trustees. She will serve a two-year term. A resident of Bellerose Village for 10 years, Shea currently serves as co-chair of the Bellerose Village LIRR Taskforce and has been an active voice in Citizens Against Rail Expansion (CARE).
Open Government Party candidate Michael Brandt also proved victorious in this year's election, receiving the second most votes, 181. He too will serve a two-year term as Bellerose Village trustee.
Community Party candidate Jo Ellen Cortapasso received 154 votes. A resident of Bellerose Village for nearly 20 years, Cortapasso currently serves as a member of the Board of Architectural Review Appeals Review Committee and as co-chair of the Bellerose Village LIRR Taskforce.
Incumbent trustee Thomas Ryan, a Village Party candidate, received 142 votes. Ryan served as a trustee for the past six years and has lived in Bellerose Village for the past 17 years. Among his accomplishments during his tenure, he helped lead the effort to install additional Stop signs throughout the village in efforts of reducing speeding.
Fellow incumbent trustee Carl Soller received 92 votes. Soller, who has served as a village trustee for more than 10 years, has lived in Bellerose Village since 1984. Among his accomplishments during his tenure, he helped lead the village in opposing the proposed closing of the tunnel between Bellerose and Floral Park-Bellerose School.