O C T O B E R 9
L E H A V R E
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Election 2020: Meet the Candidates
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Name: Tom Tsounis
Residency at Le Havre: 27
years
Occupation: Retired
Have you ever served on
any Co-op or Condo board,
including LeHavre? Yes
Le Havre Owners Corp.
10/2000 – 10/2006, Vice
President
10/2008-10/2009, Board
Member
What special experience,
qualifications, or abilities
can you provide as a Board
member? Please include your
educational background.
President and Treasurer of
Queensborough C.C. Alumni;
Executive Board Member
of ATU Union for 3 years;
Democratic Committee man
for 4 years, State Committee
member for Working Families
Party for 10 years. B.A. from
Queens College, Associates
from QCC, member of Who’s
Who in both colleges.
What do you see as the major
priorities for Le Havre for the
next year?
• Minimize maintenance &
assessment increases
• Find ways to generate
income & lower operational
costs
Additional Information:
Need to achieve a quorum or
lower the requirements for a
quorum to ensure an election
every year. The annual election
will allow Board Members
to be elected instead of the
previous year’s Board remaining
in power by default.
Any vacancies on the Board
should be filled from the list
of candidates in vote order
instead of being appointed by
the Board itself.
Name: Susan Stokar
Residency at Le Havre:
1999-2006; 2018-Present
Occupation: Account
Executive
Have you ever served on
any Co-op board, including
Le Havre? Yes
Le Havre Owners Corp.
2019-Present, Board Member
What special experience,
qualifications, or abilities
can you provide as a Board
Member? Please include your
educational background.
I have a BA from Hofstra
University, an accredited business
program. I have business
and negotiation skills.
What do you see as the
major priorities or Le Havre
for the next year?
To address issues and maintain
a standard.
Additional Information:
My name is Susan Stokar and
I live in Building 17. I enthusiastically
returned to living in
Le Havre after having a house
in nearby Whitestone. Prior
to that, I lived in Le Havre
for 7 years. I realized how
much I missed the friends I
made and the well-appointed,
maintenance-free community
living which Le Havre has to
offer. I had a certain comfort
level at Le Havre, that being a
very important reason for my
return here.
I feel I am a good candidate
to serve on the Board
because I have always been a
team player, have an outgoing
personality and an extensive
business, marketing and sales
background. My business
background has afforded me
many skill sets in the area of
communications and follow
through on various types of
detail-oriented sales projects.
Currently I am leading the
Landscaping Committee and
we have made major strides
with pruning and the beautification
of the buildings. It will
come full circle for me to continue
to serve on the Board of
Directors of Le Havre, in any
capacity for this community
that I have come to call home.
Name: Steven Young
Residency at Le Havre: 46
years
Occupation: Retired Drug
& Alcohol counselor, Hillside
Hospital
Have you ever served on any
Co-op or Condo board, including
LeHavre? Yes
Le Havre Owners Corp.
1998-2002, Board Member &
President
2010-2015, Board Member
2015-Present, Vice President
What special experience,
qualifications, or abilities
can you provide as a Board
member? Please include your
educational background.
BA, CASAC License, graduate
studies in substance abuse,
1199 Delegate, member of
arbitration committee, labor
Management board member,
budget committee member
What do you see as the
major priorities for Le
Havre for the next year?
• Maintaining the stability of
maintenance
• Five year plan for capital
projects to include cement
work on al 32 buildings.
• Maintain amenities, see that
the co-op is advertised better
and improve the marketing of
the co-op
Additional Information:
As a resident of Le Havre
for the last 46 years and
a prior board member for
seven years, I remain committed
to the betterment of
the LeHavre community. I’ve
watched the neighborhood
grow over the years with
new members and families,
and noticed so many of our
existing members remaining.
There are countless reasons
folks choose to join us and
decline to leave.
From serving as the Board
President for two years
and as a member of the
Recreation and Budget committees,
I have contributed
to this community on myriad
levels. I have been involved
with the cement work on
our porticos under our buildings
and helped re-design
our clubhouse & gym. I feel
our amenities help make
our co-op one of the prime
developments in Queens. I
was involved in our recent
successful fight against the
city tax increase and have
been working to bring our
community together through
mediation. I have a good
sense of what the community
cares about, and I know that
certain issues such as potential
maintenance increases
are extremely unpalatable.
If I am elected to the board,
my hard work and dedication
to this neighborhood will be
put forward to ensure that
the costs of living here are
not further increased, that
the expectation of residents
are met and that Le Havre
continues to be a great place
to live.
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