Sea Cliff's Elena Villafane wins mayoral race with 1,064 votes, defeating write-in candidate Robert Ehrlich, on Long Island.

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

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

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

Running unopposed, Sea Cliff Mayor Elena Villafane and Trustees James Versocki and Mark Sobel were re-elected on Tuesday, ...

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

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 a head. Robert Ehrlich is a ...

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.

Robert Ehrlich arrived with a crew of three men and a list of demands for Sea Cliff officials — including requiring his own ...

Officials say the founder of the Pirate’s Booty snack line baselessly declared himself mayor of the small Long Island village ...

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

Sea Cliff Mayor Elena Villafane secured another term in office alongside Village Trustees Mark Sobel and James Versocki in ...