SCPOC candidate for Village Trustee Anthony Losquadro is slated to run against Civic Progress incumbent Peter Hayes. SCPOC raises the issue that Hayes, a long time incumbent Trustee, has missed 10 Board meetings in the last 12 months.*  Says Anthony Losquadro, ” A prerequisite for re-election should be a satisfactory attendance record for the past term. Being absent from the Board means that Hayes has been unable to represent the voters who elected him.”

Hayes absences from scheduled Village Board meetings: 1/18/2011,2/7/2011,3/14/2011,3/28/2011,5/2/2011,5/9/2011,6/13/2011,7/5/2011,12/5/2011,1/9/2012

* Source: Incorporated Village of Sea Cliff Board Minutes and Roll Call.

The Sea Cliff Village Board of Trustees discussed various issues at the Monday night conference meeting. While such meetings are open to the public, these meetings are not open to public comment.

Sea Cliff Mayor Kennedy waited until 10:30 PM to discuss the issue of the tax cap – the last item on the agenda.

Despite widespread public opposition to overriding the cap, the Mayor plainly stated he is in favor of breaking the cap. Trustees Voght and Murphy also agreed with the Mayor by stating they strongly support a vote to override the cap. Trustees Hayes and Powell had no comment.

The Board tabled the issue until the next meeting.

This is still an active issue, and SCPOC will be closely watching the Village Board. We cannot afford to let our guard down!

On February 4, 2012 with the help of an unseasonably warm winter day, the Property Owners Party continued to gather signatures for our ballot access petition. Positioned near the Sea Cliff Post Office, voters had the opportunity to discuss issues about the Village that were important to them. Issues such as maintaining the 2% tax cap, eliminating code enforcement patrols, and building department reform were hot items for discussion.

Anthony Losquadro - Property Owners Party Village Trustee candidate

Anthony Losquadro hands ballot petition to Phil Huntington for signature

Residents discuss the issues.

We spoke to a few people today who wish to vote in the Village Election on March 20, but are not yet registered to vote.

Please visit the NYS Board of Elections website at http://www.elections.ny.gov/VotingRegister.html for more information about voter registration.

If you never registered to vote, or if you have changed your address to Sea Cliff, you must register with the Board of Elections. Villagers must register at least 20 days prior to the March 20th 2012 Village election. You can mail or drop off your Voter Registration form at the Nassau County Board of Elections.

Nassau County Board of Elections
240 Old Country Road – 5th Floor
Mineola, NY 11501
Phone: 516-571-2411

On Friday February 3rd, from 9am to 1pm, the Property Owners Party (POP) will be collecting signatures for a nominating petition in front of the Sea Cliff Post Office (200 Sea Cliff Ave). The petition is to add our candidate to the March 20 election ballot for Village Trustee. Please stop by to sign our petition and say hello.

Property Owners Party Ballot Logo

The Village policy of patrols by code enforcement in “tinted window Suburbans” continues unabated. Despite widespread public opposition, the Village administration appears to have no intention of backing down. Residents feel these patrols are a waste of resources, in so much as Villagers already pay for the services of the Nassau County Police Department to patrol the Village. Residents also feel these patrols are intrusive into their privacy.

New regulations contained in the N.Y.S. Open Meetings Law effective today covers Village Board meetings.

Section 103 (e) Agency records available to the public pursuant to article six of this chapter, as well as any proposed resolution, law, rule, regulation, policy or any amendment thereto, that is scheduled to be the subject of discussion by a public body during an open meeting shall be made available, upon request therefor, to the extent practicable as determined by the agency or the department, prior to or at the meeting during which the records will be discussed.  Copies of such records may be made available for a reasonable fee, determined in the same manner as provided therefor in article six of this chapter.  If the agency in which a public body functions maintains a regularly and routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed internet connection, such records shall be posted on the website to the extent practicable as determined by the agency or the department, prior to the meeting.  An agency may, but shall not be required to, expend additional moneys to implement the provisions of this subdivision. *** Effective February 2, 2012.