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He presented as proof a checkbook entry of a rent check dated Jan. 14 and a certified mail receipt a day later. The Epleys and Warren have a long history of bad blood, stemming from Warrens election as mayor in June 2019 when he unseated incumbent Michael Irving a close Epley ally. The mayor did not deny making those requests. As his lease came to a close in the fall, the Epleys said they initially offered Mr. Warren a yearlong extension. We established a COVID-19 testing site through our partnership with Hampton Health Society. Yes, but you can only vote in one location. Thanks for contacting us. He is abusing the system, is what hes doing.. Southampton Village Mr. Irving is a candidate for mayor and Mr. Parash and Mr. Pilaro are candidates for trustees in Friday's Southampton Village election Ed. "Likely Long Island's most contentious mayoral race this year," Newsday noted. Her current term ends on April 21, 2025. The $2,750 in rent Mr. Warren has sent since his lease ended has been returned by the Epleys, the check uncashed. The. With the Epleys strong objection to his presence, plus a formal request that he vacate, he turns into a squatter, Mr. DeCorpo said. "We don't have to resort to face baiting and what I call Trump-style name calling.". Warren was facing off against former village Mayor Michael Irving. It is part of a politically motivated, multimillion-dollar real estate scheme to oust him from office over residency requirements, he says. Copyright 2023 Newsday. Warren's opponent, former Mayor Michael Irving, has denounced the flyers. Please subscribe to continue reading. Results below. (The Epleys contend they were there to clean up what they thought was a vacant unit, and were surprised to see Mr. Warren in the residence, believing he had left because his lease had in fact ended. This story has been shared 450,020 times. Fortunately we are leaving soon. A police political action committee sent out anti-Warren flyers Warren, 38, says the Epleys are lying and that his rent is up to date. The two-year terms begin July 1. Topics you care about, straight to your inbox. MICHAEL HELLER, Mayoral candidate Michael Irving gets a handshake from a supporter in spite of his loss following the 2021 Southampton Village Mayoral election at the Southampton Cultural Center on Friday night. First-term incumbent Southampton Village Mayor Jesse Warren defeated his predecessor, Michael Irving, by a vote of 1,064-604 on Friday in what was likely Long Island's most contentious. It is not surprising you would have the former mayor and his family buying my house through an anonymous L.L.C., then proceeding to make a motion to evict me during a pandemic to force me from elected office, said Mr. Warren, who purchased a new home in Southampton in December and is preparing to move. The village's 3,285 residents spend $2,318 per capita on police services, well above average $323 cited in national studies, despite the fact that the village had a crime rate of 1,492 serious crimes per 100,000 residents in 2019, which is substantially lower than the national and statewide crime rates, the report found. I was going door to door with my family, and he was following my family around with a video camera and walking into houses after me and trashing us out. Lets move forwards, not backwards. Beach Permit Registrar Births & Deaths Agendas & Minutes Public Hearings Senior Resources Report An Issue Latest News Stay up to date ADOPTED Comprehensive Plan 9.2022 Additional Info. It's been a decade since Phoenix home to more than 150,000 people who identified themselves as Black in the 2020 U.S. Census has had a Black council member. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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Southampton Village Mayor Jesse Warren has been elected for a But in its broad strokes, it is easy to hear the echo of a deeply divided national moment in which some seem committed to their own versions of reality, and each side is convinced that the other is acting only out of political self-interest. Jay Schneiderman, the town supervisor, refused to comment on who he thought was in the right, citing a desire to preserve the peace. Southampton Village Mayor Jesse Warren has been elected for a second term in offices. He was such a creep. Over the summer, Mr. Warren discovered the buyer behind the company was Mark Epley, who served as mayor of Southampton for 12 years before retiring in 2017. He has not paid any rent since December 7th. Southampton Village, NY | Official Website Government Services Community How Do I. That was the June 18 election for Mayor of Southampton Village. In a landslide victory, Jesse Warren retained the mantle of mayor of Southampton Village on Friday, June 18, besting challenger Michael Irving by 460 votes. Mr. Warren ultimately purchased a home of his own, about a mile away, an approximately $1.3 million house on Potato Field Court. Whether Mr. Warren is technically squatting is a matter of debate. With absentee votes tabulated,. Vera Chinese covers Suffolk County government and politics. Warren had said he was running on his record of addressing pollution in Lake Agawam and revitalizing the villages downtown. Please log in or create an account to continue reading. In the prior election, Warren had won by 45 votes. You dont have a lease you need to leave, said Epley. Mayor Jesse Warren's landlord happens to be one of his predecessors. Southampton Village has had plenty of political drama over the last year, including a rental dispute between Mayor Jesse Warren and his former landlord Mark Epley, a former village mayor.. You've read 4 of your 7 free articles this month. COURTESY JESSE WARREN, Joseph McLoughlin is running for Southampton Village Trustee. Your vote counts for more in Southampton! Unsurprisingly, the saga has engulfed Southampton, seeping from Village Hall on Main Street to the golf clubhouse at Shinnecock Hills. Fewer than 900 people voted when they ran against one another in 2019, with Warren receiving 450 votes to Irvings 405. This story was reported by John Asbury, Vera Chinese, Carl MacGowan, Deborah S. Morris, Nicholas Spangler, Jean-Paul Salamanca and Dandan Zou. MICHAEL HELLER, Mark Parash congratulates opponent Roy Stevenson on his victory in the race for village board following the 2021 Southampton Village Mayoral election at the Southampton Cultural Center on Friday night. East Hampton Village has a new mayor and two new board members after the votes were tallied in the delayed village election on Tuesday. Sag Harbor Village Trustee James Larocca unseated Mayor Kathleen Mulcahy by a 22-vote margin on Tuesday. Even by the thorny standards of small town entanglements, the saga is uncommonly messy, rife with conflicting claims and mired in years of provincial squabbling. He owns Tenet, a high-fashion shop he opened about a decade ago that sells things like $495 sneakers. He's been trying to reign in overtime and other costs related to the village police department and that has rankled the PBA. UPDATE: Jesse Warren Wins Southampton Village Mayoral Race 11 Photos on Jun 19, 2019 UPDATE: June 21, 11:15 p.m. Jesse Warren was elected to the Southampton Village Mayor seat on Friday. In another East End village election held Tuesday, North Haven Village Trustee Terie Diat, who ran unopposed, won re-election and Chris Fiore won an uncontested for the seat vacated by A. James Laspesa. William Hattrick Jr., the mayor of the village of Southampton from 1985 to 1989 and a village trustee for the four years after that, is entering the political fray once again. All rights reserved. But as of Wednesday, he was still in the apartment, his belongings packed into boxes. EHP Hospitality Group is now hiring for the 2023 summer season! And six incumbents ran uncontested re-election campaigns in three villages. Warren told The Post his landlords are engaging in a Mafia style shakedown, and said he planned to file a police report. The town is known for its luxury golf courses, shopping, expensive real estate, and restaurant scene. Copyright 2023 Newsday. But in interviews, the Epleys said the situation at 81 David Whites Lane was nothing more than a shrewd real estate investment gummed up by an obdurate tenant. Warren has clashed with the village PBA during his tenure, with the police union last summer holding a vote of no confidence against the mayor, who also serves as police commissioner. Keep up with all the latest from Eastern LI. The police department openly criticized him. In this second term, I believe he will complete the rebuilding of the home of former slave Pyrrhus Concer as a museum, and cause a replica of a colonial windmill to grace downtown. In a landslide victory, Jesse Warren retained the mantle of mayor of Southampton Village on Friday, June 18, besting challenger Michael Irving by 460 votes. Zach Epley has accused the mayor of surveilling him from a car as he went door-to-door campaigning, which Mr. Warren denies. He proposed an initiative which became a law, requiring unoccupied stores to have artwork in the windows. Hes somewhere between a squatter and a holdover, Mr. DeCorpo said. While the mayor admitted he overstayed his lease, which ended on Oct. 15, he insisted the landlord has no right to demand his immediate departure, citing the eviction moratorium instituted by Gov. Voters in Southampton Village will head to the Southampton Cultural Center to cast their ballots in the hotly contested mayoral and Village Board races on Friday, June 18. He has no excuse, no reason, Epley told The Post. Mayor Jesse Warren gets a hug on election night. His opposition tried to evict him from his village home to make him ineligible to run for office. The Epleys denied this. In just two years, weve turned Southampton Village around. General election. To do so requires claiming hardship due to the coronavirus, and it is unclear if he would qualify. Cuomo in response to the coronavirus pandemic. "It certainly was a racist attack on a small business owner who's done nothing except make artwork about peace and love, and it's really unfortunate that he would be involved in a political campaign despite the fact that he was part of a state-mandated committee," says Warren. Mayor Jesse Warren Talks Big Plans for Southampton Village Juneteenth Declared Official Holiday In Southampton Village Southampton Village Mayor Jesse Warren On The Coronavirus, Raising Over $300,000 For PPE And Ventilators And More Southampton Village Mayor Aids In COVID-19 Fight Mayor-Elect Warren Is Youngest Yet We didnt let the pandemic stop our progress: we produced some of the best COVID-19 testing numbers in the country, issued the first mask mandate in New York State, provided our community members and hospital workers with an ample supply of ventilators, viral testing, and PPE, and ensured that all seniors wanting a vaccine received one. Write to us at southamptonassociation@gmail.com if you would like assistance. MICHALE HELLER, A gallery of interested persons watches from outside the main room as the vote count from each of the voting machines is tabulated during the 2021 Southampton Village Mayoral election at the Southampton Cultural Center on Friday night. Jesse Warren was finishing his first term, now seeking a second. 2021 . The mayor of Southampton is a squatter, according to his landlord, who also happens to be a bitter political rival. Residents in villages across Long Island voted mayors and trustees in or out on Tuesday. "Have a good clean fight and may the best person win," says Waldroup. After promising in July they would leave Warren alone and calling his fears of eviction paranoid and ridiculous The Epleys changed their mind after Zach lost an election to a choice seat on the Village Board in September to candidates backed by Warren. Jesse Warren, the mayor of Southampton, packed his. Southampton Village administrators have slowed the spread of COVID-19 by getting the proper equipment to our healthcare workers throughout the pandemic. Robin Brown Enters Race For Southampton Village Trustee - 27 East By Bill SuttonThe field for the upcoming Southampton Village Board election in June got a little wider this week when. The purchase of the building where Mr. Warren lives was not part of a grand plot to oust a rival, but was what Mark Epley described as estate planning a row of future homes for his 11 grandchildren, the oldest of whom is in elementary school. GREG WEHNER, Left to Right: Andrew Pilaro, Jesse Warren and Mark Parash, Jesse Warren hugs Southampton Village Deputy Clerk Eileen Musarra after being declared the winner of the mayoral race on Friday. Warren said the contest with Epley has only stiffened his resolve and that he looked forward to running for reelection in June. that critics called blatantly racist. Village of Southampton Heliport 87N update to Landing Fees Additional info. Why are we going to keep somebody on a property that was so awful to us?. You've read 4 of your 7 free articles this month. Two village trustee positions are up for grabs. Southampton Village Mayor Jesse Warren, right, chatswith Isabelle Marino of Southamptonon Friday. He said the Epleys are deliberately not cashing his check so they can claim hes a deadbeat. GREG WEHNER, Left to right: Mark Parash, Jesse Warren and Andrew Pilaro GREG WEHNER, Jesse Warren was elected to serve as Southampton Village Mayor on Friday night. The landlord and former mayor, Mark Epley, disputed the idea that political bad blood was to blame for the fight over the apartment. He oversaw the opening of the Southampton African American Museum on North Main Street. Get our Hamptons Insider newsletters delivered direct to you. His efforts resulted in less algae pollution in Lake Agawam, something not accomplished in years. Incumbent trustees and Irving allies Mark Parash and Andrew Pilaro were unseated by challengers Robin Brown and Roy Stevenson, who ran on a ticket with Warren. Irving, 67, served as mayor from 2017 until 2019 and spent five years as a trustee and previously served on the village planning board. Results below are unofficial. There have been ugly Facebook posts, angry phone calls and a video the mayor filmed last month of the Epleys entering the apartment and demanding his exit. As his communications director takes some video, newly-re-elected Southampton Village Mayor Jesse Warren gets a long hug from his girlfriend Martyna Sokol following the 2021 Southampton Village Mayoral election at the Southampton Cultural Center on Friday night. Sag Harbor Trustees Aidan Corish and Robert Plumb fended off a challenge from Bayard Fenwick in that race. You've read 3 of your 3 free articles this month. His latest rent check has gone uncashed. "Our goal and first priority now is to bring everyone together regardless of how one voted while we focus on our universal platform of revitalizing our business district, investing in the environment, lowering property taxes and including all.". Kate Gallego is the Mayor of Phoenix in Arizona. (Error Code: 232011) The mayor of Southampton is a squatter, according to his landlord, who also happens to be a bitter political rival. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. I think that the village itself is just split down the middle, just like everything else in this country, Mr. King said. After responding to questions for this article, he texted a reporter a picture of a moving van outside the house. This time he won in a landslide by nearly 500. "We are honored that the community came out in record numbers to show support, which demonstrates the power of positivity," Warren said in a statement. The family said Warrens conduct during the race forced their decision. But, said Mr. Schneiderman, who would buy a house for $1.5 million just to kick someone out?. The PBA is criticizing Warren for choosing Waldroup to be on the panel. Waldroup isn't even on the ballot but has become a key figure in the contentious mayoral race. 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