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

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

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

In a story widely munched on by news and social media, Robert Ehrlich, founder of the company that makes Pirate’s Booty ...

A snack food magnate declared himself mayor of the Village of Sea Cliff, on Long Island. The voters said otherwise.

Officials say Robert Ehrlich stormed into Sea Cliff Village Hall in Nassau County, declared himself mayor and attempted to fire all village staff, citing an obscure state law.

Officials say the founder of the Pirate’s Booty snack line baselessly declared himself mayor of the small Long Island village of Sea Cliff.

Robert Ehrlich, 66, founder of the popular Pirate’s Booty snack, declared himself the winner of Sea Cliff’s mayoral election ...

The founder of Pirate’s Booty Snacks lost his chaotic bid for mayor of a tiny New York community after claiming that he was ...

A peculiar power struggle is unfolding in the small village of Sea Cliff, where one prominent resident ... this week in a tense standoff at Village Hall. According to a Facebook post from village ...

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.