Floral Park Trustees Jennifer Stewart and Michael Longobardi ran unopposed for two trustee positions on Tuesday. Both incumbents won.

Stewart received 356 votes. Longobardi received 378 votes.

Stewart is a lifelong resident of Floral Park. Her parents moved to the neighborhood in the 1970s from Washington Heights.

She has long been involved in the community, volunteering at her children’s school when they were younger and joining the North End Civic Association.

So when the opportunity arose in 2021 to complete the unexpired trustee term of Kevin Fitzgerald when he assumed the mayoral position, Stewart jumped at the chance.

Stewart was then elected to the board in 2022. Outside of her position on the board, she works as a special education teacher in Hempstead.

When asked about her recent accomplishments, she boasted of the village board’s ability to work together and said that she alone cannot take credit for the board’s accomplishments

“The five of us work together as a team, so any accomplishments that we may have are ours collectively,” said Stewart.

Some accomplishments that Stewart highlighted include working well with the UBS Arena and MTA on construction projects, maintaining a well-trained police department and implementing upgrades at the town recreation center.

Now re-elected, Stewart hopes to support residents’ satisfaction with the village next term.

“[My goal is] really just to continue to maintain a happy, safe way of life here in Floral Park,” said Stewart.

Longobardi is also a lifelong resident of the village. His family moved to town from Brooklyn in the early 1960s. Growing up, his cousins, aunts and uncles lived within three blocks of his house.

Longobardi works as a public accountant, but he has always been an active member of the community, just like his family members. His uncle, Frank Lauria, served as the Village of Floral Park mayor in the 1980s. His brother, Dominick Longobardi, also served as the Village of Floral Park mayor.

Longobardi himself was a volunteer firefighter for more than 30 years. He worked his way up through the ranks and became chief of the fire department, which he called “a great honor.”

During his tenure as chief of the fire department, he worked closely with the village board of trustees.

“I got to see more direct how the village operates and how things are done and the time and effort that these people put in to keep this village as great as it is,” said Longobardi. “I made a lot of great friends along the way.”

He enjoyed working with the board of trustees so much that he knew that would be his next step after heading up the fire department.

“This village is home to me, so it’s a logical step for me to stay involved in that capacity and I enjoy doing it for the residents and for my family that’s all around,” said Longobardi.

Longobardi was first elected trustee in 2022. As a trustee, he acts as a liaison between the board and the building department and recreation center.

This past term, he has worked to improve the kids’ summer program at the pool and park, oversee several reconstruction sites from fires in the village and support a plethora of new businesses in town, including a new Haagen-Dazs on Tulip Avenue. Like Stewart, Longobardi said all of his accomplishments should be viewed collectively alongside the other board members.

This next term, Longobardi hopes to continue to make Floral Park a great place to live. He calls Floral Park a “full service village” because it has its own police department, volunteer fire department, public works department, sanitation department and recreation center with year-round programming. His main goal is always to maintain a great way of life in the village, especially the “great atmosphere” on Tulip Avenue.

His biggest concern moving forward is maintaining this superb level of service without increasing residential taxes.

He is also excited for the expansion of Belmont Park.

While he acknowledges the park will be beautiful, he also knows the village will have to address the traffic the expansion will bring to the area and how to best manage it.