Esmay Wins Upper Nyack Mayor Seat

It's election day. Folks were coming and going throughout the day to cast their vote at Upper Nyack Village Hall on Tuesday, March 19.

With a win of 269 votes, Michael Esmay from the Bell Tower Party takes the Upper Nyack Mayor seat for a 1-year term over Challenger Jennifer Chaitin, Girls Gone Green Party

Incumbent Trustees Vincent S. Morgan and Jeffrey S. Hindin of the Bell Tower Party were ushered into two new 2-year Trustee terms as they ran unchallenged, Hinden with 364 votes and Morgan with 345.

Esmay said it was important that his ticket won.  "The Bell Tower, which is the party we run under is still together," he said adding that he's happy that they can continue to work on zoning and infrastructure issues together. On voter turnout, he said "it's exactly what I expected 450 to 500 (votes). Why, because it was a contested election."

As they congratulated each other after the results were in, Esmay said "Here's to the Bell Tower. We did this together."

Unofficial results

There were 492 voters and 26 absentee ballots.

Mayoral race:

• Incumbent Michael Esmay 269 votes
• Challenger Jennifer Chaitin 92 votes
• Greg Fisher was a write in candidate, according to Nyack News and Views. 152 votes

Trustee race

• Incumbent Jeffrey Hinden 364
• Incumbent Vincent Morgan 345