Chris Fiore easily defeats challenger and wins second term as mayor of North Haven

In the hotly contested local elections on Long Island on Tuesday, incumbent mayors and councilors predominantly emerged as winners.

In North Haven, 77-year-old Chris Fiore won a second term as mayor. Fiore, a retired retail executive, was first elected in a three-way race for mayor in 2022. He received 258 votes, easily defeating challenger Barbara Roberts, a co-founder of the civic organization Save Sag Harbor, who received 122 votes.

“I feel like a million dollars,” Fiore said Wednesday morning.

Fiore said there is a “pretty extensive agenda” for the second term, which includes a multi-phase project to develop a community park to be called Lovelady Park. He said the board also plans to consider several legislative changes, such as those for additional housing.

In other competitive village races:

Huntington Bay

Trustee Mark Dara was elected to his first two-year term as mayor, defeating opponent Mike Frawley by a vote of 327 to 195. Mayor Herb Morrow did not seek re-election.

Newly elected trustees Luan Doan and Elizabeth Richter will replace Jay Meyer and Don Rave, who did not seek re-election.

The mayor receives a salary of $1,500 a month.

Lawrence

Shlomo Nahmias narrowly defeated his opponent, Deputy Mayor Paris C. Popack, by 889 votes to 864. Nahmias will succeed Mayor Alex H. Edelman, who is completing his fourth two-year term and was ineligible for re-election due to term limits.

The position is honorary and the term of office is two years.

Manorhaven

Incumbent Mayor John Popelski defeats trustees John Stone wins a second term by a vote of 486 to 343. Incumbent trustees Harry Farina and Monica Ildefonso defeated challengers Nancy Rozakis and Rob Swerdlow. Farina defeated Rozakis 490 to 341 and Ildefonso defeated Swerdlow 472 to 341.

The mayor receives $7,000 per year, while trustees receive $3,000 per year.

Hammelstadt

Incumbent trustees Michael Schloss, Toni Bardong and Mohinder Singh won the three open trustee seats with 296, 276 and 268 votes, respectively. Challenger Lauren Calabrese received 168 votes and Russell McRory, who was also vying for a seat, received 155.

The term of office of the trustees is four years and is unpaid.

Port Jefferson

Kyle Hill, who received 796 votes, and Xena S. Ugrinsky, who secured 673 votes, defeated Marie Parziale by 449 votes to win two trustee seats.

Hill and Ugrinsky will fill the seats currently held by Trustees Rebecca Kassay and Drew Biondo, who did not seek re-election.

The term is two years and the trustees receive $12,500 annually.

Sag Harbor

Incumbent trustees Jeanne Kane and Edward Haye were re-elected to two-year terms. Kane, with 239 votes, and Haye, with 237 votes, defeated challengers Mary Ann Eddy and Ronald Reed, who received 204 and 108 votes, respectively. The trustees receive $12,000 annually.

One vote went to entertainer Justin Timberlake, who pleaded not guilty to drunken driving charges in Sag Harbor court on Tuesday.

With Carl MacGowan, Deborah S. Morris, Joshua Needelman, Ted Phillips and Joe Werkmeister