Democrats Nominate Bernstein

The evening at Greenburgh Town Hall found almost every seat filled with several people standing in the rear of the room. Tonight was the Democrats night for candidate endorsements for democrats seeking to run for office as the democratic nominee. The meeting was chaired by Democratic leader Suzanne Berger. The evening found several candidates not specific to Greenburgh, such as County judges, County Clerk, etc., making their pitch for support from this receptive crowd.

The real news of the night was the nominations for Greenburgh Town Council members and Greenburgh Town Supervisor. Francis Sheehan and Diana Juettner were the expected winners with one challenger, not really mounting a challenge to the incumbents. While both got up to a receptive audience and thanked the people who nominated and seconded their nominations, their speeches could have been written and used by any candidate. They mentioned a few things that were specific to Greenburgh and naturally bypassed everything that would be involved or mired in controversy.

The real surprise was one of Mr Feiner’s former interns who got up as a now-district leader and nominated him for Supervisor after praising him. The second to the nomination was made by a gentleman whose duties this night would be the same for many candidates. Mr Feiner got up and thanked Mr Bernstein for running. He then rambled on until the timer cut him short, although they had given him an extra minute to speak. Next, an Edgemont district leader made the nomination of Robert Bernstein and then immediately yielded the floor to former Court Justice Herb Rosenberg. Mr Rosenberg expounded on the character, quality of work and ethical abilities of Mr Bernstein and urged the crowd to support him. The votes for Supervisor were cast and in time, Mr Bernstein would defeat Mr Feiner by 20 percentage points! Mr Bernstein will be the Democratic candidate for Greenburgh Town Supervisor.

Good luck to the candidates.