Dan Padernacht New CB 8 Chair

  The vote was  24 - 16  vote  with one member abstaining for Mr. Dan Padernacht who becomes the new Chair of Community Board 8. Mr. Padernacht who lives in the Van Cortlandt Village/Kingsbridge Heights area of CB 8 becomes the first person from outside of Riverdale to chair CB 8. 

  The only other contested position on CB 8 was for the chair of the Environment & Sanitation Committee where former board chair Bob Fanuzzi won 23 - 18 over a floor challenge from Cb 8 member Robert Press.

  Dan Padernacht begins his role as new CB 8 chair on July 1st.