Sea Cliff Mayor Elena Villafane wins re-election, defeating write-in candidate Robert Ehrlich after an alleged attempted coup ...

Robert Ehrlich, founder of the snack brand Pirate's Booty, launched a bizarre bid to take over the local government in his ...

Robert Ehrlich walked into Sea Cliff Village Hall like he owned the place, falsely declaring himself mayor and trying to fire ...

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

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 ...

Robert Ehrlich arrived with a crew of three men and a list of demands for Sea Cliff officials — including requiring his own ...

Snack king Robert Ehrlich is a write-in candidate for his tiny village of Sea Cliff — and officials aren’t having it ...

Running unopposed, Sea Cliff Mayor Elena Villafane and Trustees ... tensions in the village grew last week when resident Robert Ehrlich declared himself mayor on March 10. The village said ...

Robert Ehrlich was “falsely asserting his authority as mayor, demanding access to office space, and declaring that the entire ...

Robert Ehrlich claims that he had used a little-known state law, the Citizen Empowerment Act, to form what he calls the ...

Robert Ehrlich is a longtime resident of Sea Cliff and the founder of Pirate's Booty snack. Last Monday, he entered Village Hall, declared himself mayor, and said the entire village staff was fired.