By Denise D'Alessandro
The Jericho residents overwhelmingly approved this year's budget with 1,086 voting in favor and 480 voting against it. The $70,524,489 budget represents a 6.89 percent increase over last year's budgeted expenditures.
Incumbent school board members Hilari Cohen and Ira Checkla were re-elected to their positions on the board. There were four candidates running for two open seats. Cohen received 1,098 votes, Checkla 1,004, Howard Teig 723 and Jeff Delott 548.
The Jericho Public Library also passed with 1,166 residents voting yes and 377 voting no. Stanley Garfunkel was elected to a five-year term and Alvin Kotowitz was elected to a three-year term on the library's board of trustees.