Sea Cliff Mayor Elena Villafane wins re-election, defeating write-in candidate Robert Ehrlich after an alleged attempted coup in the village government.

Robert Ehrlich walked into Sea Cliff Village Hall like he owned the place, falsely declaring himself mayor and trying to fire the entire staff, officials said. Days later, the Pirate's Booty ...

Robert Ehrlich attempted to seize control of his coastal Long Island village on March 10, citing an obscure New York law as grounds for his takeover Inc Village of Sea Cliff/Facebook The founder ...

Mayor Elena Villafane, Trustees Mark Sobel and James Versocki appointed to Village of Sea Cliff board, alongside dozens of ...

On March 10, officials say Ehrlich and three supporters stormed into Sea Cliff Village Hall in Nassau County, declared himself mayor and attempted to fire all village staff, citing an obscure ...

It all started last Monday, when Robert Ehrlich, the founder of Pirate’s Booty Snacks, marched into the Village Hall in Sea Cliff (pop. 5,000) and announced that he was now the mayor.

Running unopposed, Sea Cliff Mayor Elena Villafane and Trustees ... The village said he entered the village hall and refused to leave, demanding office space and requiring police intervention.

In a story widely munched on by news and social media, Robert Ehrlich, founder of the company that makes Pirate’s Booty snacks, recently showed up with three other men at Sea Cliff Village Hall ...

Time to walk the plank! The founder of popular Pirate’s Booty cheese puff line got shellacked in Tuesday’s Sea Cliff mayoral election, losing to incumbent Elena Villafane 1,064 votes to just ...

SEA CLIFF, New York (WABC) -- An unexpected and peculiar fight is playing out in this one-square-mile village on Long Island as the fight for the mayor's seat in the village of Sea Cliff comes to ...