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

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

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

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

Robert Ehrlich, 66, is using a little-known New York law to declare himself mayor of a village within the village of Sea Cliff, Long Island. James Messerschmidt “I have so many great ideas.

The founder of Pirate’s Booty Snacks lost his chaotic bid for mayor of a tiny New York community after claiming that he was ...

Officials say Robert Ehrlich stormed into Sea Cliff Village Hall in Nassau County, declared himself mayor and attempted to fire all village staff, citing an obscure state law.

Running unopposed, Sea Cliff Mayor Elena Villafane and Trustees ... she said in a previous interview with Schneps Media Long Island. Villafane said moving forward, she “will not tolerate any ...

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At Sea Cliff School, third graders had an interdisciplinary culmination combining lessons in art, music, history and global issues as they ended their extensive study of Brazil. Families were ...

The founder of beloved cheese-puff brand Pirate’s Booty claims to be the mayor of a newly formed Long Island town-within-a-town in ... Empowerment Act to create a “new” village within Sea Cliff, which ...

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