Six seek four township council seats, 4 incumbents face 2 challengers

By Navid Iqbal of Suburbanite

The Teaneck Suburbanite, March 27, 2002, p. 1 & p. 85

The municipal election officially became a competition last week as all six candidates completed their nominating petitions. Tuesday, May 14, township residents will get to vote on who will fill the four available council seats.

The four incumbants who are seeking reelection this year are Paul Ostrow, Yitz Stern, Elie Y. Katz and Michael Gallucci. Two other candidates are Benjamin Dworkin and Monica Honis.

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Monica Honis

Monica Honis, 31, is a certified English as a second Language teacher in the East Orange school district. She represents the third generation of her family to live in Teaneck and says that although she "loves the town," there are still a "few improvements" that need to be made.

One such area is to widen the scope of special improvements that have to be make in Teaneck business districts, other than Cedar Lane. Although residents voted to have Cedar Lane designated as a Special Improvement District several years ago, Honis feels that the small-scale constructions should have developed in all the business areas, namely the Queen Anne Road business area at the Plaza and on Degraw Avenue, and along Teaneck Road.