{"id":250926,"date":"2026-06-01T15:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/250926\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:33:14","slug":"kings-point-mayor-steps-down-three-running-unopposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/250926\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings Point mayor steps down; three running unopposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Voters in the Village of Kings Point will head to the polls Tuesday, June 16, to fill three village offices \u2014 mayor and two trustee seats \u2014 with three candidates running unopposed on the village ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent Trustee Shahriar \u201cEbi\u201d Victory is seeking election as mayor, while incumbent Trustee Tedi Kashinejad is running for another trustee term. They are joined by Payam Kermanian, chairman of the village\u2019s Enhancement Committee, who is seeking his first elected office as a trustee.<\/p>\n<p>The election follows Mayor Kouros Torkan\u2019s decision not to seek another term. Torkan did not respond to requests for comment regarding his decision.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longislandpress.com\/2026\/06\/01\/great-neck-village-trustee-bart-sobel-seeks-another-term\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Great Neck Village Trustee Bart Sobel seeks\u00a0another term<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shahriar \u201cEbi\u201d Victory<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-360047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgi_4_ebi.png\" alt=\"imgi 4 ebi\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\"  \/>Shahriar \u201cEbi\u201d Victory is seeking election as mayor of the Village of Kings Point in the June 16 village election.Photo provided by Shahriar Victory<\/p>\n<p>Victory, 63, has lived in Kings Point for 26 years and has served as a village trustee for the past four years. Before joining the board, he spent five years on the village\u2019s Architectural Review Board. He also serves on several county and town committees, including Nassau County\u2019s NICE Bus oversight committee and the Town of North Hempstead\u2019s nitrogen reduction committee.<\/p>\n<p>A business owner with property management experience, Victory said he is proud of the board\u2019s accomplishments under Torkan\u2019s leadership, including lowering village taxes for two consecutive years, modernizing permit applications, upgrading public safety technology and improving village services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of things that we are doing in Kings Point benefit the entire peninsula,\u201d Victory said.<\/p>\n<p>If elected mayor, Victory said his priorities would include further digitizing village operations, adding staff to the public works and building department, simplifying building codes and pursuing grants for drainage, lighting and infrastructure improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Tedi Kashinejad<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-360046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgi_4_tedik.jpg\" alt=\"Tedi Kashinejad is seeking reelection as a trustee in the Village of Kings Point election on June 16.\" width=\"320\" height=\"401\"  \/>Tedi Kashinejad is seeking reelection as a trustee in the Village of Kings Point election on June 16.Photo provided by Tedi Kashinejad<\/p>\n<p>Kashinejad, 56, has served as a trustee for four years and previously served on planning and architectural review boards in the Great Neck area. He works in real estate development, interior design and consulting.<\/p>\n<p>Kashinejad said one of the board\u2019s most significant ongoing projects has been moving village applications and reviews to a digital platform, allowing residents, architects and village officials to access plans electronically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that once it\u2019s completed, it\u2019s going to be one of the biggest advantages that both the applicants and the building department will have,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kashinejad emphasized that village accomplishments have been the result of collaboration among board members rather than individual efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy vision is not my vision. It\u2019s the vision of the entire board,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longislandpress.com\/2026\/05\/22\/russell-gardens-voters-to-choose-justice-trustees-in-contested-election\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russell Gardens voters to choose justice, trustees in contested\u00a0election<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Payam Kermanian<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-360048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8525ED0B-27F2-495D-B652-363588E3223C.png\" alt=\"Payam Kermanian is seeking election as a trustee in the Village of Kings Point election on June 16.\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"  \/>Payam Kermanian is seeking election as a trustee in the Village of Kings Point election on June 16.Photo provided by Payam Kermanian<\/p>\n<p>Kermanian, 44, is making his first run for elected office after serving as chairman of the village\u2019s Enhancement Committee since 2022 and, more recently, on the Architectural Review Board. He works in the mobile telecommunications industry and also has experience in real estate development.<\/p>\n<p>Kermanian said he has helped oversee upgrades to the village\u2019s technology systems, including security cameras, servers, Wi-Fi networks, software platforms and digital tools for village departments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason I\u2019m running for trustee is because I see all the great things that we\u2019ve done and what more there can be to be done,\u201d Kermanian said.<\/p>\n<p>If elected, Kermanian said he hopes to continue modernizing village operations while helping unite residents around a shared commitment to the community and its future.<\/p>\n<p>Polls will be open June 16 at village hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Voters in the Village of Kings Point will head to the polls Tuesday, June 16, to fill three&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,97857,47991,9,24,63,129,131,130,97858],"class_list":["post-250926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-great-neck-election","tag-kings-point","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-village-elections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}