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

Robert Ehrlich walked into Sea Cliff Village Hall like he owned the place, falsely declaring himself mayor and trying to fire ...

Robert Ehrlich, the founder of the snack brand Pirate's Booty, attempted to seize control of his coastal Long Island village ...

A snack food magnate declared himself mayor of the Village of Sea Cliff, on Long Island. The voters said otherwise.

Voters threw him overboard, but he’s still making waves. The founder of popular Pirate’s Booty cheese puff snack who got ...

Robert Ehrlich, 66, founder of the popular Pirate’s Booty snack, declared himself the winner of Sea Cliff’s mayoral election ...

With elections on the horizon, Rob Ehrlich arrived at village hall and said he was the newly-appointed mayor on Monday, March 10.

Robert Ehrlich is a longtime resident of Sea Cliff and the founder of Pirate's Booty snack. Last Monday, he entered Village Hall, declared himself mayor, and said the entire village staff was fired.

Robert Ehrlich claims that he had used a little-known state law, the Citizen Empowerment Act, to form what he calls the ...

Pirate's Booty founder Robert Ehrlich caused a stir in Sea Cliff, NY, by claiming to be mayor before the election.

The uncontested race comes a week after Robert Ehrlich claimed he was the village's new mayor and attempted to take control of Sea Cliff last Monday. Jonathan Gordon Mar 18, 2025, 9:37 AM ...