Who's Running for Office?

The Scarsdale Village election is Tuesday March 15 – and a grass roots campaign to elect write-in candidates has taken the community by surprise.

Each year the Citizens Non-Partisan Committee (CNC) selects a slate of officers and most years these candidates run uncontested. These uncontested elections draw few voters as little is at stake. However, this year is different as two write-in candidates are challenging the CNC nominees for their seats.

One of the benefits of the current system has been that there is little political rancor and no need for divisive campaigns. But this year since there are challenges to the seats, candidates have been out campaigning. Candidate Bob Harrison was at Hartsdale Train Station today shaking hands with voters and the CNC plans to make phone calls from a local realtors office tonight to support their candidates.

In brief, here are the candidates for office:

Citizens Non-Partisan Committee Slate:

For Mayor: Dr. Miriam Flisser has served two terms as Village Trustee and as liaison to the Advisory Council on Parks and Recreation, Technology, Youth, the Board of Architectural Review and more. She is a pediatrician and has served in leadership positions on the governing boards of Montefiore and Lawrence Hospitals. Flisser has been a resident of Scarsdale for 35 years.

For Village Trustee:

Stacey Brodsky is running for her first term as Village Trustee. She is a lawyer who worked at the U.S. Attorney’s Office and in private practice. She is also a certified teacher. In Scarsdale, Brodsky has served on the Board of Architectural Review, the School Board Nominating Committee, as President of the Heathcote PTA, on the Board of the Scarsdale Library and on the Board of the Scarsdale Library. Brodsky is a graduate of Vassar College and Hofstra Law School, where she graduated first in her class.

Bob Harrison is running for his first term as Village Trustee. Bob has been active in the community for many years. He is currently a member of the TVCC (Scarsdale Forum) Board of Directors and most recently served on their Revaluation committee. He is the Founder and Director of the Summer Youth Tennis League and raised funds to restore the Middle School Tennis courts. He was a founding member of the Scarsdale Teen Center, a supporter of Fields for Kids and the Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps.  Bob has made several independent bids for Village office and last year he challenged SBNC candidate Suzanne Seiden for her seat on the Scarsdale School Board. In business, Bob was a Vice President of Goldman Sachs for 28 years and has an undergraduate degree from Penn State and an MBA in finance and marketing from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Robert Steves is running for his second term as Village Trustee. He is currently the Assistant Treasurer of Fordham University and from 2000-2004 he was the treasurer of CUNY. Steves has been very active in the Scarsdale community and among his many roles he served as a member and as the president of the Scarsdale School Board, member of the Greenacres Association, member and president of Scarsdale and Edgemont Family Counseling, member of the Citizens Nominating Committee and the Greenacres Association.

Two write-in candidates were vetted by the Citizens Nominating Committee, but not selected. A grass roots campaign has emerged and their supporters are encouraging voters to write-in these names in the voting machine.

The two write-in candidates are:

For Mayor: Sharon Lindsay served two terms as a Village Trustee, and was the Deputy Mayor under Mayor Noreen Fisher and Carolyn Stevens. She was the Chair of the Zoning Board of Appeals and the President of the Greenacres Association. She is an attorney and a litigator and has lived in Scarsdale for 29 years.

For Trustee: Robert Selvaggio is a write-in candidate for Bob Harrison’s seat as Village Trustee. He currently has a risk-management consulting firm and has worked as a Senior Vice President at Fidelity Investments, as a Managing Director at Ambac Financial Group and as a Managing Director at Chase Bank. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in economics from Brown. Though he has not volunteered extensively in Scarsdale he has served as a coach and taught youth sports. He is willing to serve if elected.

If you wish to write-in a candidate, learn more about how to do it here. Also read our election coverage and extensive comments from your neighbors by clicking here .

Remember to vote in the village election at Scarsdale Village Hall from 6 am – 9 am and from noon to 9 pm on Tuesday March 15.