Zisman, Lanzilotta running unopposed for reelection
Both Myrna Zisman and Ronald Lanzilotta Sr. are running unopposed in the upcoming Cedarhurst trustee elections to be held Tuesday, March 20th. Voting will take place at the Village Hall from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Even though they are unopposed, residents should not be complacent, warned Zisman. “We must get a large turnout in the election to send a signal to Albany that as a community we are a force to be reckoned with,” she stressed.
The first woman trustee in the Village of Cedarhurst’s 100-year history, Zisman is finishing her first four-year term.
Ten years ago, Zisman, an interior designer, moved to Cedarhurst from Brooklyn with her husband Leo of 53 years. “Every time I drive down Central Avenue it’s like a Norman Rockwell painting,” she said. “It’s just a great place to live and I love it.”
Zisman previously served as a New York State Committee Woman for the 41st Assembly District in Brooklyn, co-founded Women’s Pro-Israel National Political Action Committee and was appointed to the Citizens Committee for the Democratic National Convention by former New York City Mayor Ed Koch. She began serving on the board when a trustee seat was vacated in 2006.
She also serves as a board member for the Town Village Aircraft Safety Noise Abatement Committee (TVASNAC), which seeks to mitigate noise from aircraft flying to and from John F. Kennedy Airport.
Zisman was among nine other New Yorkers who accompanied Mayor Rudy Giuliani to Israel after the Hamas bombing there in 1997 and received the Nassau County Woman Trailblazer Award in 2009.
Lanzilotta, a lifelong resident of Cedarhurst, was elected to the board in 2002 after a seat was vacated in 2001. This will be his third four-year term once elected. He served as a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals for 14 years before his trusteeship. He is also chair of the village’s Architectural Review Board.
“After I retired I got involved in the village and it’s a wonderful way of giving back,” said Lanzilotta, who was a general contractor and owned a construction company. “I enjoy working with the board, it’s always a pleasure and I enjoy the various duties.”
One of those duties has been serving as a village board representative to the Nassau County Sewer Consolidation Program since 2006. The county took over operation of both Cedarhurst’s and the Village Lawrence’s sewer treatment plants on Jan. 1. “Right now we are looking to complete this sewer consolidation and we are now finally seeing daylight at the end of the tunnel,” Lanzilotta said.
“We strive for the betterment of the village and I hope most of our residents see that,” he said. “When we have problems we solve them as quick as possible. If we get complaints we strive to get to the bottom of them.”
— Additional reporting by
Jeff Bessen and Ann Friedman
