Image of RIRA and RIOC Vote Counting Tonight Reported last night on the results of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp ( RIOC ) Board Nominees and Roosevelt Island Residents Association ( RIRA ) Common Council elections. RIRA’s Election Committee provides the following reports on the RIOC election:

RIOC ELECTION SUMMARY

The election for three RIOC Board Member seats took place at three poll sites on Roosevelt Island455 Main Street, 888 Main Street and PS/IS 217from 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM on November 6, 2012. A total of 1,834 ballots were cast.

The three RIOC Board seats in question are (name of incumbent and expiration date of RIOC Board appointment):

– Kathie Grimm June 10, 2013
– Michael Shinozaki June 10, 2013
– Margie Smith July 1, 2013 (seat is a mayoral recommendation)

The results of the election for the three RIOC Board seats are as follows:
Votes
Margie Smith 1,252 1st
Larry Parnes 992 2nd
Lydia Tang 984 3rd
Michael Shinozaki 794 4th

Letters describing the RIOC election results were sent today by RIRA outgoing President Matthew Katz to Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Michael Bloomberg and copied to the relevant State and City officials and elected representatives.

Respectfully submitted,

Ann Biddlecom and Mark Lyon CoChairs,
RIRA Elections Committee
7 November 2012

and RIRA Common Council election. 2012 Rira Election Summary
The new RIRA Common Council is scheduled to meet 8 PM tonight at the Good Shepherd Community Center.

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