Miami Seaside residents have elected a brand new mayor, former Commissioner Steven Meiner.
In a runoff election on Tuesday with greater than 10,000 ballots solid, Meiner received with 54% of the vote in comparison with his opponent, former Commissioner Michael Gongora, who acquired 46%.
“Decreasing crime, a safer metropolis, mitigating visitors, accountable improvement, not overdevelopment, resiliency points that we have to tackle,” Meiner stated of his plans for the town. “I simply stored speaking about it and speaking about it, and I actually imagine we have now nice residents, we have now nice voters, and I imagine that may resonate and the proof is within the pudding, We’re standing right here proper now celebrating.”
He’ll substitute Dan Gelber, who’s held the place since 2017 however was prevented from working once more by time period limits. Meiner, who served as Miami Seaside’s Group 4 commissioner since 2019, gave up his publish to run for mayor.
A 20+ yr profession as an lawyer
The brand new mayor has labored as an lawyer in public service preventing in opposition to fraud for over 20 years. Since 2007, when he moved to Miami Seaside, he has served as a civil regulation enforcement lawyer with the U.S. Securities and Trade Fee (SEC). Previous to the SEC, he practiced regulation in New York Metropolis dealing with advanced monetary litigation circumstances for prestigious worldwide regulation corporations Dewey Ballantine and Mayer Brown.
Meiner has additionally been dedicated to serving to his neighborhood and was honored as Man of the Yr by an area civic group in 2012. He was additionally appointed to serve on a Metropolis of Miami Seaside advisory panel and can also be energetic with a variety of native charitable organizations.
Meiner has been married to his spouse Shanyn for 18 years they usually have two younger kids, Matisyahu and Michal. He earned his J.D. Cum Laude from Brooklyn Regulation Faculty, and graduated Summa Cum Laude along with his B.A. from Brooklyn Faculty with Phi Beta Kappa honors.
