According to the mayor, he accepted a job that prohibits him from being on the city commission, though he will maintain his residency in Cocoa Beach.

An attempt to oust the city manager of Cocoa Beach failed on Thursday evening after a “no confidence” vote went 3-2.

It's become a landmark in downtown Cocoa Beach, but now there's a discussion about relocating the Kelly Slater statue.

Cocoa Beach Mayor Ben Malik and city officials are working to coordinate with the county to install cameras at Lori Wilson Park, where a man attacked and tried to rape a woman Tuesday.

Chief of police since 2016, the city of Cocoa Beach says Scott Rosenfeld is now on leave from the department as of Feb. 17.

Cocoa Beach commissioners allowed Westgate Resorts to move forward with its plans to build a six-story resort at Cocoa Beach Pier.

City officials said multiple studies need to be completed before Westgate can take ownership of the property.

COCOA BEACH, Fla. – During a warm weekend in Cocoa Beach, Mayor Ben Malik was driving downtown on State Road A1A when he encountered “people with coolers stumbling into the road” en route from the beach to their vehicles. I’m tired of talking about it,” he said during last week’s Cocoa Beach City Commission meeting. Interviewed Monday, Malik said he hopes to discuss beach-drinking regulations during the March 18 Cocoa Beach City Commission meeting. For years, Cocoa Beach officials have wrestled with options to control nuisance drinkers who congregate each spring near the beach end of Minutemen Causeway. AdGeneral beach rules in Cocoa Beach, per the City Hall website:

COCOA BEACH, Fla. – Adding mid-block crossings with flashing-yellow lights along State Road A1A poses “an unreasonable safety risk” for pedestrians — because some drivers fail to stop when the lights are activated, the Cocoa Beach City Commission argues. The address is 900 N. Atlantic Ave. in Cocoa Beach. Cocoa Beach — S.R. It’s remarkable that FDOT doesn’t do anything about this,” Cocoa Beach City Commissioner Ed Martinez said during last week’s meeting. It’s remarkable that FDOT doesn’t do anything about this,” Cocoa Beach City Commissioner Ed Martinez said during last week’s meeting.

COCOA BEACH, Fla. – Leaders in Cocoa Beach announced on Friday that the city will no longer require the public to wear a face covering starting Monday. A mask mandate was put into place by city officials on June 30 as cases of COVID-19 began to erupt in all parts of the Sunshine State. Deleuil said he’s spoken with other business owners in town, and many are planning to still require a mask in order to enter their establishments. “Again, we have zero ability to regulate it.”The governor’s executive order doesn’t specifically address mask mandates because a statewide mask mandate was never issued. Cocoa Beach officials said while the city can no longer enforce a mask mandate, private owned businesses can continue to have mask policies as they see fit.

COCOA BEACH, Fla. On Tuesday night, Mayor Ben Malik will call for a vote from city commissioners about whether to require people to wear masks in all indoor places except their homes. Scafidi owns Oceansports World Beach Store by Coconuts on the Beach, which voluntarily closed this week. Thats contrary to the fines Satellite Beach could now charge people for not wearing masks in grocery stores and gas stations. The Satellite Beach City Council passed that mandate Monday night. The debate at Cocoa Beach City Hall starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. Three days from celebrating independence, the only restrictions on Cocoa Beach will be limiting groups to 10 people or fewer. "We're keeping the beaches open," Malik said. Right now, I'm not coming back because I know it's going to be a crazy weekend," Diaz said. Between March and May, there were times Cocoa Beach closed beaches on weekends and banned drinking on the beach. Mayor Malik said the city is not prioritizing business by not having the same restrictions for July 4.

SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. – Spring break means massive crowds at Central Florida beaches, but amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus, the state is cracking down on beachgoers. Tuesday evening the Cocoa Beach City Commission granted City Manager Jim McKnight emergency powers. Cocoa Beach Mayor Ben Malik said the city will begin managing crowd control on the beaches during the coronavirus pandemic to comply with the CDC guidelines. “Decisions will be made in the next few days to limit beach access to control the crowd size. “At this time, the Satellite Beach Police Department will be patrolling beaches in Satellite Beach to enforce the party size and distance measures being taken statewide to reduce the spread of COVID-19,” Police Chief Jeff M. Pearson said in a statement on Facebook.