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Friday, June 11, 2021
Vol. 96, No. 24
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VGN village justice lone contested race Three villages in peninsula go to the polls June 15 BY R OB E RT PELAEZ The Village of Great Neck’s village justice election June 15 is the lone contested race throughout the peninsula. Incumbent Mark Birnbaum is seeking his third fouryear term as village justice, but is opposed by local attorney David Kirsch. After serving as a commissioner for the Great Neck Senior Housing Authority 30 years ago, Birnbaum became a member of the Village of Great Neck’s Zoning Board
for a number of years, eventually serving as chairman of the committee. In 2002, Birnbaum ran a successful campaign for a trustee position on the village’s Board of Trustees, where he would continue to serve until 2012. In the early stages of his trustee tenure, Birnbaum was appointed the liaison for the Nassau County Police Department, the village’s public safety commissioner and the Great Neck police commissioner. In 2013, Birnbaum shifted roles once again when he was elected as village justice, then
re-elected again in 2017. Kirsch attended Hofstra University for his undergraduate education before attending Touro College in 2003, where he received his juris doctorate in criminal law three years later. Prior to working at the Barton Law Group, located in Huntington Station, Kirsch served eight years as an associate attorney for Koehler and Isaacs LLP. Kirsch represented clients in criminal, labor and disciplinary cases. Continued on Page 44
Birnbaum, Kirsch tout need for fair trials in VGN Cite desire to serve community ahead of justice election PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GREAT NECK SCHOOL DISTRICT
North Middle School eighth-graders competed in a color war, featuring a variety of events throughout the day.
BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The two candidates running for the Village of Great Neck’s Village Justice position both touted their desire to conduct fair trials for everyone who enters the courtroom and a passion for serving the community ahead of the June 15 elections.
Incumbent Mark Birnbaum is being challenged by David Kirsch, an attorney of the Barton Law Group focusing on criminal law and estate planning as well as labor and employment law. Kirsch attended Hofstra University for his undergraduate education before attending Touro College in 2003, where he received his
juris doctorate in criminal law three years later. Prior to working at the Barton Law Group, located in Huntington Station, Kirsch served eight years as an associate attorney for Koehler and Isaacs LLP. Kirsch represented clients in criminal, labor and disciplinary cases. Continued on Page 35
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