- Nick LaLota began his local government career as an appointed Amityville Village Trustee in 2013, eventually winning election to complete the unexpired term and then securing a full four-year term on the Amityville First Party line (Amityville Record, Newsday).
- LaLota campaigned on fiscal responsibility, emphasizing tax stabilization, government transparency, and addressing Amityville’s challenging financial situation (Amityville Record).
- In 2017, LaLota ran unsuccessfully for Amityville Mayor on the Amityville First Party ticket, losing to Dennis Siry in what was described as a contentious race (Newsday, Amityville Record).
- LaLota emphasized independence throughout his campaigns, publicly denying support from major parties and running as part of a local coalition (Babylon Beacon, Amityville Record).
- He cited efforts to control village expenses, support infrastructure improvements, and confront police contract costs as central issues during his terms (Amityville Record).
- LaLota later attempted to continue his political career by running for New York Senate District 8 in 2020 with endorsements from the Nassau and Suffolk County GOP and Conservative parties (Amityville Record).
2014: Nick LaLota Planned To Seek First Full Term As Trustee After Appointment According to Amityville Record (New York), 'LaLota who will be seeking his first term of office in March after having been appointed by the mayor last year.' [Amityville Record (New York), 1/15/14]
2014: Acting Trustee Nick LaLota Announced Candidacy For Amityville Village Board Seat According to Amityville Record, "Already announcing their candidacy are Acting Trustee Nick LaLota and lifelong Amityville resident Andy Powell. The two will square off for the seat formerly held by Trustee Peter Casserly who stepped down following last year's election." [Amityville Record (New York), 1/22/14]
2014: Nick LaLota Ran For Amityville Village Trustee As Acting Trustee According to Amityville Record, "the party, as had been rumored, was contributing $20,000 to the campaign of acting Trustee Nick LaLota. [...] this is an Amityville Village election and it should be decided by the people of Amityville." [Amityville Record (New York), 1/29/14]
2014: Nick LaLota Denied Receiving Major Party Support For Trustee Campaign According to Amityville Record, "For his part LaLota said no one from any major party has contacted him and that he is running an independent race. 'Whoever is spreading these rumors is doing a disservice to the public because they are detracting from the real issues,' said LaLota who added that he is not using this race as a stepping stone to something else. 'I am committed to continuing the work we began with the election of Mayor Wandell,' he said." [Amityville Record (New York), 1/29/14]
2014: Nick LaLota Served As Acting Trustee And Ran For Amityville Village Trustee According to Babylon Beacon, "acting Trustee Nick LaLota" was one of the candidates running for trustee in Amityville Village for the March 18, 2014 election. [Babylon Beacon, 2/6/14]
2013: LaLota Managed Amityville First Party Campaign In Mayor's Race According to Babylon Beacon, "LaLota, who works for Sen. Phil Boyle, was the Amityville First Party's campaign manager and is credited with that party's success against a strong opponent who had major party support." [Babylon Beacon, 2/6/14]
2013: LaLota Was Appointed To Fill Vacant Trustee Seat After Casserly According to Babylon Beacon, "Following that, LaLota was tapped by Wandell to fill the seat vacated by Casserly." [Babylon Beacon, 2/6/14]
2014: LaLota Stated He Received No Major Party Support In Trustee Race According to Babylon Beacon, "For his part LaLota said no one from any major party has contacted him and that he is running an independent race. 'Whoever is spreading these rumors is doing a disservice to the public because they are detracting from the real issues,' said LaLota [...] 'I am committed to continuing the work we began with the election of Mayor Wandell,' he said." [Babylon Beacon, 2/6/14]
2013: Mayor Appointed Nick LaLota To Village Board Seat After Peter Casserly Resigned According to Amityville Record (New York), "The candidates, Nick LaLota, who was appointed to the seat by the mayor last year when Peter Casserly stepped down, is running for Casserly's unexpired one-year term." [Amityville Record (New York), 2/19/14]
2014: Nick LaLota Ran For Reelection To Amityville Village Board On Amityville First Party Line According to Amityville Record (New York), "LaLota is running on the Amityville First Party line and Powell on the Union Party line." [Amityville Record (New York), 2/19/14]
2014: Nick LaLota Hosted Fundraiser At Vittorio's Restaurant For Village Board Election According to Amityville Record (New York), "LaLota met his supporters at Vittorio's restaurant. Attending were approximately 100 people including the Howard (LaLota is married to the granddaughter of Lou Howard Sr.) and Pavlik families, and Mayor James P. Wandell and Trustee Jessica Bernius and her family. Also attending was New York State Sen. Phil Boyle and his wife." [Amityville Record (New York), 2/19/14]
2014: Nick LaLota Held Board Position As A Member Of Amityville First Party's Majority According to Amityville Record (New York), "LaLota represents the third member on the board who is part of the Amityville First Party's majority, along with Wandell and Bernius. His reelection would ensure the Wandell administration's ability to implement its programs, policies and ideas, some of which have come under question and criticism by the board's other two members, Dennis Siry and Kevin Smith." [Amityville Record (New York), 2/19/14]
2014: Nick LaLota Ran For Amityville Village Trustee In Special Election According to Amityville Record (New York), "The report has become a centerpiece of the campaign for Village trustee with Trustee Nick LaLota and Andy Powell seeking election to the unexpired one-year seat of former Trustee Peter Casserly, who stepped down last year." [Amityville Record (New York), 2/19/14]
March 2014: Nick LaLota Ran For Village Trustee As A Member Of The Amityville First Party According to Amityville Record, 'LaLota of the Amityille First Party of which he is a member with Mayor Wandell and Trustee Jessica Bernius.' [Amityville Record (New York), 3/5/14]
February 25, 2014: Nick LaLota Participated In A Meet-The-Candidates Event For Village Trustee According to Amityville Record, 'A recent meet-the-candidates event began and ended with a handshake between the two candidates for Village Trustee, Nick LaLota and Andy Powell. [...] Candidates Nick LaLota and Andy Powell take a few minutes following the event on Tues., Feb. 25 to discuss the campaign.' [Amityville Record (New York), 3/5/14]
Nick LaLota Expressed Support For A Recount Of The Amityville Trustee Election In 2014 According to Newsday, "LaLota said he supported the recount. 'I want to be able to guarantee each and every one of the village residents is heard,' he said. 'I'm confident the results will show voters want the Amityville First Party to continue the work of being financially responsible and having an open government.'" [Newsday (New York), 3/21/14]
2014: Nick LaLota Represented The Amityville First Party In The Village Trustee Election According to Newsday, "A LaLota victory would consolidate majority control for the Amityville First Party, with Mayor Jim Wandell and Deputy Mayor Jessica Bernius also sitting on the board." [Newsday (New York), 3/21/14]
March 2014: Nick LaLota Led Wesley Powell By 82 Votes In Amityville Trustee Election According to Newsday, "Tuesday night's vote count showed 82 votes separating the candidates, with LaLota leading 1,'-1,064." [Newsday (New York), 3/21/14]
March 2014: Nick LaLota Won 66 Of The 127 Emergency Ballots Cast In Amityville Trustee Election According to Newsday, "A tally sheet supplied by Sheridan showed LaLota with 66 of those votes and Powell with 61." [Newsday (New York), 3/21/14]
March 2014: Nick LaLota Won Amityville Village Trustee Election According to Amityville Record, "Amityville Trustee Nick LaLota a victory over his opponent Andy Powell." The article reported, "LaLota beat Powell by approximately 80 votes in one of the biggest elections in recent times." [Amityville Record, 3/26/14]
March 2014: Recanvass Confirmed Nick LaLota's Victory In Amityville Trustee Special Election According to Newsday (New York), "A recanvass of votes in last week's special election for Amityville trustee confirmed a victory for Trustee Nick LaLota over challenger Wesley 'Andy' Powell, village clerk Diane Sheridan said yesterday." [Newsday (New York), 3/26/14]
2014: Nick LaLota Was Scheduled To Be Installed As Amityville Trustee On April 7 According to Newsday (New York), "LaLota will be installed at the village board's organizational meeting April 7." [Newsday (New York), 3/26/14]
2014: Voter Turnout Was Highest In 15 Years For Amityville Trustee Election Won By Nick LaLota According to Newsday (New York), "Officials said voter turnout was among the highest for a village election in Amityville in 15 years." [Newsday (New York), 3/26/14]
April 2014: Nick LaLota Was Sworn In As Amityville Village Trustee According to Amityville Record, "Trustee Nick LaLota is sworn in as his wife, Kaylie holds the Bible." [Amityville Record (New York), 4/16/14]
2014: LaLota Thanked Opponent And Voters After Amityville Election According to Amityville Record, "Extending first a thanks to Andy Powell, his political opponent in the election March 18, newly elected Amityville Village Trustee Nick LaLota then thanked those who voted for him and those who did not." [Amityville Record (New York), 4/16/14]
Nick LaLota Sought To Retain His Amityville Village Trustee Seat In March 2015 Election According to Amityville Record, "In that election, LaLota is running to retain his seat on the board. [...] LaLota is seeking his first full, four-year term of office and at deadline no other candidates had filed to oppose him." [Amityville Record, 2/11/15]
March 2015: Nick LaLota Won Reelection As Amityville Trustee For A Four-Year Term According to Amityville Record, "residents headed to the polls March 18 reelecting incumbent trustees Nick La-Lota and Dennis Siry [...] Trustee Nick LaLota of the Amityville First Party got 472 votes. Both trustees won four-year seats." [Amityville Record (New York), 3/25/15]
March 2015: Nick LaLota Was Congratulated By Party Members After Reelection As Amityville Trustee According to Amityville Record, "Bottom photo, Trustee Nick LaLota, center, is shown being congratulated by fellow Amityville First Party members, Mayor James P. Wandell and Trustee Jessica Bernius." [Amityville Record (New York), 3/25/15]
2017: Amityville Trustee Nick LaLota Ran For Mayor Backed By Incumbent According to Newsday (New York), "Wandell's term ends in March but instead of running for re-election he has decided to throw his support behind village board trustee Nick LaLota, who is running for mayor. LaLota has two years left in his term as trustee." [Newsday (New York), 12/29/16]
2017: Nick LaLota Was Announced As Mayoral Candidate For Amityville According to Amityville Record, "Trustee Nick LaLota will be running for mayor." [Amityville Record (New York), 1/4/17]
2017: Nick LaLota Ran For Amityville Mayor Under The Amityville First Party According to Amityville Record (New York), "Running for the Mayor's seat are Nick LaLota under the Amityville First Party and Dennis Siry on the Hometown Party." [Amityville Record (New York), 3/1/17]
2017: Richard Schaffer Called Nick LaLota 'Unfit To Serve' In Amityville Mayoral Race According to Newsday (New York), "Richard Schaffer, Babylon supervisor and Suffolk Democratic chairman, waded hip deep into the Amityville mayoral battle last week by personally paying for a full-page ad in the local weekly calling village Trustee Nick LaLota, 'unfit to serve.'" [Newsday (New York), 3/4/17]
2017: Nick LaLota Ran For Amityville Mayor On The Amityville First Party Ballot Line According to Newsday (New York), "LaLota is running on the Amityville First Party ballot line and Siry is the Hometown Party candidate." [Newsday (New York), 3/4/17]
2017: Nick LaLota Ran For Amityville Village Mayor On The Amityville First Party Line According to Amityville Record, "I am very proud of the accomplishments made in providing services and confronting quality-of-life issues," said Trustee Jessica Bernius who is running for reelection with trustee candidate James P. Wandell and mayoral candidate Nick LaLota on the Amityville First party line. [Amityville Record (New York), 3/15/17]
2017: Nick LaLota Ran For Amityville Village Mayor According to Amityville Record, "Running for the mayor's seat are Trustees Nick LaLota of the Amityville First party and Dennis Siry of the Hometown party. Residents select one candidate." [Amityville Record (New York), 3/15/17]
2017: Nick LaLota Ran For Mayor Of Amityville As The Amityville First Party Candidate According to Newsday, "The two trustees running for mayor, Amityville First Party candidate Nick LaLota and Hometown Party candidate Dennis Siry, and the future of the Amityville Police Department are at the center of the squabbles." [Newsday (New York), 3/18/17]
March 2017: Dennis Siry Defeated Nick LaLota In Amityville Village Mayoral Race According to Amityville Record (New York), "Siry defeated Trustee Nick LaLota for the number-one seat in the Village, 1, 488 to 1, 260, though those figures have not been certified." [Amityville Record (New York), 3/29/17]
March 2017: Nick LaLota Expressed Disappointment But Willingness To Work With New Mayor According to Amityville Record (New York), "And, though my supporters and I are disappointed with the result, we are eager to identify ways to work with Mayor-elect Siry's administration to make our Village a more beautiful, affordable and safer one for all of our families." [Amityville Record (New York), 3/29/17]
March 2017: Dennis Siry Defeated Nick LaLota In Amityville Village Mayoral Election According to Newsday (New York), "Trustee Dennis Siry won his mayoral bid March 21, beating fellow trustee Nick LaLota by 228 votes in what residents called the village's nastiest campaign, with both sides trading barbs on social media, in mailings and even during village board meetings." [Newsday (New York), 3/29/17]
March 2017: Nick LaLota Confirmed Election Result Certification With Humorous Comment According to Newsday (New York), "'I searched far and wide and couldn't find an extra 229 votes,' joked LaLota before the board voted to certify the results 5-0." [Newsday (New York), 3/29/17]
March 2017: Dennis Siry Defeated Nick LaLota In Amityville Village Mayoral Election According to Newsday (New York), "Trustee Dennis Siry won his mayoral bid yesterday, beating fellow trustee Nick LaLota by 228 votes in what residents called the village's nastiest campaign, with both sides trading barbs on social media, in mailings and even during village board meetings." [Newsday (New York), 3/29/17]
March 2017: LaLota Joked About Election Results At Board Meeting According to Newsday (New York), '"I searched far and wide and couldn't find an extra 229 votes," joked LaLota before the board voted 5-0 to certify the results.' [Newsday (New York), 3/29/17]
2017: Nick LaLota Unsuccessfully Ran For Amityville Mayor According to Newsday (New York), "Mayor Dennis Siry said the village was racing to put together the budget after budget officer Nick LaLota, who unsuccessfully ran against Siry for mayor, quit as budget officer on April 12." [Newsday (New York), 4/20/17]
May 2017: Nick LaLota Denied Rumors Of Senate Run According to Amityville Record, "Amityville Village Trustee Nick LaLota said today that rumors about his intentions to move to Babylon Village and run for the seat of Sen. Phil Boyle are simply not true. 'I'm flattered by the Senate rumor, but my daughters are quite happy going to the same school their mom went to,' said LaLota, who is the Republican commissioner in the S.C. Board of Elections and lives in Amityville." [Amityville Record (New York), 5/17/17]
Nick LaLota Ran Unsuccessfully For Amityville Mayor Prior To 2019 According to Amityville Record, "LaLota, who frequently presented loyal opposition to the administration of Mayor Dennis Siry, and who ran unsuccessfully for Mayor two years ago, said in his announcement [...]" [Amityville Record (New York), 1/16/19]
Nick LaLota Ran For Mayor Of Amityville But Lost The Election To Dennis Siry According to Babylon Beacon, 'LaLota's road to Washington came by way of his first elected position as Trustee in the Village of Amityville. Following that, he ran for Mayor, losing that election to the current Amityville Village Mayor Dennis Siry.' [Babylon Beacon (New York), 1/19/23]
2014: Nick LaLota Campaigned On Promise Of Fiscal Restraint And Tax Stabilization According to Amityville Record (New York), 'Taxes are the number-one issue in Amityville,' LaLota told supporters. 'Last year we (the Amityville First Party) made a promise to help stabilize taxes and, together with the Wandell administration, we delivered the first-ever budget within 2 percent property tax cap. I am fiscally minded, and we have the right management team to help the Village recover without putting undue burden on the taxpayer.' [Amityville Record (New York), 2/19/14]
2014: Nick LaLota Emphasized Commitment To Realizing Savings For Taxpayers According to Amityville Record (New York), 'I treat the taxpayers' money as if it were my own,' said LaLota. 'And despite all of the challenges we face, I have a commitment to provide real savings; real money that we can save on behalf of the taxpayer.' [Amityville Record (New York), 2/19/14]
2014: Nick LaLota Cited Comptroller's Report As Cornerstone Of His Village Trustee Campaign According to Amityville Record (New York), "LaLota said keeping taxes low and helping to improve the Village's financial situation is the cornerstone of his campaign. 'This report is a wake up call; it ranked Amityville as the second worst Village in the state in terms of its finances,' said LaLota. 'It covered 36 months, with only two of those months in the Wandell administration.'" [Amityville Record (New York), 2/19/14]
2014: Nick LaLota Prioritized Addressing Amityville Village Finances According to Amityville Record, LaLota told supporters, "We will continue to fight to make our financial situation better for years to come so that people can buy a home here and live here in this beautiful Village." [Amityville Record, 3/26/14]
2014: Nick LaLota Advocated Opening Police Department Contract And Freezing Higher Salaries According to Amityville Record, "LaLota made the issue [cost of the Village police department] a centerpiece of his campaign as he pressed to have the department open its contract, accept concessions, freeze salaries of higher paid officers and bring salaries of new officers higher 'so they can afford to live in the Village,' he has said." [Amityville Record, 3/26/14]
2014: LaLota Pledged Fiscal Health And Wise Spending For Amityville According to Amityville Record, "it's going to take a lot more than the 52 percent of the people who voted for me to get our Village back in fiscal health and I hope that we can spend more time working on important issues that we agree on like lower taxes, revitalizing our downtown and bringing our beach back." [Amityville Record (New York), 4/16/14]
April 2014: Trustee Nick LaLota Said Amityville's Preliminary Budget Aimed To Safeguard Fiscal Health While Staying Below Tax Cap According to Newsday (New York), "Amityville's village board on Monday night unveiled a $15.3 million preliminary budget that trustee Nick LaLota said should safeguard the village's fiscal health while abiding by the state-imposed tax levy cap." [Newsday (New York), 4/16/14]
2017: Nick LaLota Expressed Commitment To Village Priorities In Mayoral Campaign According to Amityville Record, "I am excited to campaign and talk to residents about the Village’s priorities and to reaffirm our commitment to maintaining the tax cap, repaving roads, making the beach better and maintaining the quality of life in our Village." [Amityville Record (New York), 1/4/17]
July 2017: Nick Lalota Unsuccessfully Ran For Mayor According to Amityville Record, "'That's why you were not elected,' shouted one, referring to Lalota's recent unsuccessful bid for the mayor's seat." [Amityville Record, 7/19/17]
March 2017: Nick LaLota Was Supported For Amityville Mayor By Volunteer James Squicciarini According to Amityville Record (New York), "The posting included a photo of himself dressed in fire department bunker gear and holding his infant with the words: We are voting for Nick LaLota for mayor." [Amityville Record (New York), 1/17/18]
March 2017: Social Media Posts Endorsed Nick LaLota's Ticket In Amityville Election According to Amityville Record (New York), "The photo was reposted on election day, March 21, along with an endorsement for two members of LaLota's ticket stating, 'Vote for the team that has the education, experience and proven track record, vote for the most qualified candidates, Nick (mayor) Jim (Wandell) and Jessica (Bernius). Keep the Village moving forward.'" [Amityville Record (New York), 1/17/18]
Amityville Record Identified Joe Morin As A Supporter Of Nick LaLota In 2017 Mayoral Election According to Amityville Record, "He [Joe Morin] ran unsuccessfully for the board in 2013 under the New Wave Party and was a supporter of LaLota in his unsuccessful bid for mayor in March 2017." [Amityville Record (New York), 1/24/18]
2020: Nick LaLota Announced Candidacy For New York Senate District 8 According to Amityville Record, "Navy Veteran and Suffolk County Republican Commissioner of Elections Nick LaLota announced he is running for New York Senate District 8, squaring off against Democrat incumbent John Brooks." [Amityville Record, 3/11/20]
2020: Nick LaLota Received Nassau And Suffolk County GOP And Conservative Endorsements According to Amityville Record, "LaLota has received the endorsements of the Nassau and Suffolk County Republican and Conservative parties." [Amityville Record, 3/11/20]
2020: Nick LaLota Was Required To Take Leave Before Filing For Senate Race According to Amityville Record, "He is required by law to take a leave of absence from his position with the Board of Elections prior to a filing of a petition on his behalf, which are due before March 30." [Amityville Record, 3/11/20]
March 2020: Nick LaLota Announced Candidacy For New York Senate District 8 According to Massapequa Post, "Navy Veteran and Suffolk County Republican Commissioner of Elections Nick LaLota announced he is running for New York Senate District 8, squaring off against Democrat incumbent John Brooks." [Massapequa Post, 3/11/20]
Nick LaLota Was Required To Take Leave From Board Of Elections Before Filing Senate Petition According to Massapequa Post, 'He is required by law to take a leave of absence from his position with the Board of Elections prior to a filing of a petition on his behalf, which are due before March 30.' [Massapequa Post, 3/11/20]