Editing Malverne, New York (section)

==Government==
The village is governed by a [[board of trustees]] of which the mayor sits as the chair. Each member of the board is elected to a four-year term of office. There is also a village judge that presides over violations of the village code. Elections are scheduled for the third Tuesday of March in odd numbered years.

Some current elected officials are:
Mayor Timothy Sullivan and 
Village Justice James Frankie.

The mayor appoints a deputy mayor to act in their absence. They also appoint liaisons and/or commissioners to each department in the village.  The office of mayor was originally called president.

Malverne is a "full service" municipality with nearly all government services provided by the village itself.  The Village hosts its own Police Department, Volunteer Fire Department (Norwood Hook, Ladder & Hose Company), Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Police Reserve, Department of Public Works, Emergency Management Commission, Public Library, Youth Board, and village television station – MalverneTV.

===Safety record===
Recent studies have found that Malverne is considered to be one of the safest communities in both the state and country.  A report based on 2012 statistics place the village the second-safest in New York, behind only [[Briarcliff Manor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ww12.safechoicesecurity.com/blog/safest-cities-new-york/|title=safechoicesecurity.com|website=ww12.safechoicesecurity.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Al-Muslim|first=Aisha|date=January 17, 2014|title=Village named one of NY's 'safest cities'|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/malverne-named-one-of-new-york-state-s-safest-cities-1.6819621|access-date=August 31, 2021|website=Newsday|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831095549/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/malverne-named-one-of-new-york-state-s-safest-cities-1.6819621|archive-date=August 31, 2021}}</ref>

===Finances===
In 2009, [[Standard & Poor's]] gave Malverne an AA+ credit bond rating, one of the highest ratings the financial institution gives out.<ref>{{cite web | last=Williams | first=Dana | date=November 11, 2009 | url=http://liherald.com/stories/Malverne-gets-an-AA+,20697 | title=Malverne gets an AA+ | website=Long Island Herald}}</ref>