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2019 Board Candidates

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Only four candidates will compete this year for three seats on the Seward Park Cooperative Board of Directors. The candidates are:

#1 Wei-Li Tjong
#2 Darshan Somashekar
#3 Betsy Jacobson
#4 Arnold Sandler

Wei-Li and Betsy are incumbents.  The third seat is being vacated by James Mastroianni, who served a single term during which he worked very hard on the air rights and mortgage refinancing matters, among other projects.  Arnold is waging his fourth consecutive campaign to win a seat on the board.  Darshan is a first-time candidate.

This is the smallest candidate field we have seen in a board election for at least 15 years.

More to come…

And the winners are…

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Congratulations to Karen, David, Darcey, and Carol!

The final, certified vote tallies were:
#4 Karen Suss Wolfson 793
#5 David Pearson 529
#2 Darcey Gerstein 498
#3 Carol Anastasio 465
#1 Arnold Sandler 421
#6 Norma Ramirez 408
#7 Stanley Friedland 394
ABSTAIN 2

Based on these numbers, at least 878 shareholders cast votes.

Thanks also go out to outgoing Board members Norma Ramirez and Harold Aranoff for their service to the co-op.

2017 Board Candidates

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This year seven candidates are vying for four open seats on the Seward Park Cooperative Board of Directors. The candidates are:

#1 – Arnold Sandler
#2 – Darcey Gerstein
#3 – Carol Anastasio
#4 – Karen Suss Wolfson
#5 – David Pearson
#6 – Norma Ramirez
#7 – Stanley Friedland

Darcey, Karen, and Norma are all incumbents seeking reelection.  The fourth seat is being vacated by Harold Aranoff, who served for six years.   Of the other candidates, both Carol and Stanley previously served on the Board.  Arnold ran last year, and David is brand new to Seward Park elections.

The election will be held on June 14, 2017.

And the winners are…

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Congratulations to Wei-Li, James and Besty!

The final, certified vote tallies were:
#3 Wei-Li Tjong 461
#5 James Mastroianni 441
#8 Betsy Jacobson 424
#6 Leah Strock 397
#1 Arnold Sandler 360
#7 Tina Reiter 344
#2 Marc Albaum 151
ABSTAIN 3

Based on these numbers, at least 861 shareholders cast votes.

Thanks also go out to Marc Albaum, Dave Pass and Dia Shepardson for their service over the past three years.

2016 Candidates

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This year eight candidates are vying for three open seats. The candidates are:

#1 – Arnold Sandler
#2 – Marc Albaum
#3 – Wei-Li Tjong
#4 – Eric Mandelbaum (sources tell us that Mr. Mandelbaum withdraw his candidacy on May 20)
#5 – James Mastroianni
#6 – Leah Strock
#7 – Tina Reiter
#8 – Betsy Jacobson

Marc is the sole incumbent.  The other two seats are being vacated by Dave Pass and Dia Shepardson.  Wei-Li and Eric both served on the board previously, but did not run for reelection when their most recent terms ended.

The election will be held on June 15.