NEW CITY – Rockland County Consumer Protection Director Jim Elcik will retire on October 2 and County Executive Ed Day has announced he will appoint current Principal Assistant County Attorney Kimberly Von Ronn as Elcik’s replacement.
Elcik was named director in January 2019 after retiring as a US marshal. In that career, he rose to the post of assistant chief deputy US marshal for the Eastern District of New York.
“Jim did a phenomenal job as our consumer protection director investigating nearly 700 complaints last year alone – a 50 percent increase from the year prior,” Day said. “Those investigations resulted in 142 prosecutions for unlicensed contracting and resulted in $88,000 being returned to homeowners. That’s up 80 percent from 2021.”
Von Ronn has served in her current position since 2021. Day said during that time, she was pivotal in developing and launching the county’s new Office of Buildings and Codes.
“After seeing how seamlessly she took on some of our most egregious landlords putting lives at risk I have no doubt she will lead consumer protection with the same veracity,” the county executive said.
The director of consumer protection job pays $128,285 annually.
