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

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

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

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

Sea Cliff's Elena Villafane wins mayoral race with 1,064 votes, defeating write-in candidate Robert Ehrlich, on Long Island.

Friends of the Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines have launched a fundraiser to honor George Kerchner, a ...

Pirate's Booty founder Robert Ehrlich caused a stir in Sea Cliff, NY, by claiming to be mayor before the election.

With elections on the horizon, Rob Ehrlich arrived at village hall and said he was the newly-appointed mayor on Monday, March 10.

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.

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

This one is located about an hour’s drive over in Nassau County, in the tiny town of Sea Cliff, where he is an infamous resident. One that is now at the center of political controversy ...