A Former SI GOP Lawmaker Wants to Replace Fosella Seat
July 2, 2008
An ex-Staten Island GOP lawmaker is seeking to replace scandal-scarred Vito Fossella as his district’s next congressman.
Former state Assemblyman Bob Straniere began circulating petitions yesterday to get on the ballot for the seat, which covers the island and South Brooklyn. Straniere served the island’s South Shore from 1981 through 2004.
Source: NY Post
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Staten Island GOP Seeks Fossella Replacement After Frank Powers’ Death
June 23, 2008
Staten Island Republicans are once again in turmoil, as the man they chose to run for Congress died yesterday.
Frank Powers was the party’s pick to take over the seat that’s been held by disgraced Congressman Vito Fossella. Powers died in his sleep yesterday morning, reportedly of a heart attack.
Powers’ wake will be held Thursday. His [...]
Vito Fossella will not seek re-election
May 20, 2008
Under mounting pressure Vito Fossella has decided to not seek re-election for his house seat citing “healing wounds”
The official press release below:
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Vito Fossella camps out over garage
May 13, 2008
Disgraced Rep. Vito Fossella is hiding out in a tiny apartment above a garage at his sister’s Staten Island house, the Daily News has learned.
“He’s staying there,” a neighbor said Monday, pointing to the home of Lori Ceciliani, one of the Republican lawmaker’s five sisters.
The neighbor said Fossella has been coming and going from his [...]
Feds probe Vito Fossella trip financing
May 12, 2008
Democratic and GOP congressional officials are scrutinizing Rep. Vito Fossella’s mysterious and pricey January 2003 trip to France, the Daily News has learned.
He was the sole lawmaker authorized to go - and his mistress is suspected of joining him.
The Staten Island Republican visited La Hague, France, supposedly on a “fact-finding” mission.
Lawmakers commonly visit La Hague [...]
Fossella To Seek Re-Election
May 11, 2008
Despite calls for him to resign, it seems embattled Congressman Vito Fossella will be fighting to keep his seat on Capitol Hill in November.
A high-ranking Republican source on Staten Island told NY1 yesterday that Fossella plans to run for re-election. It would be his sixth term.
The source also told NY1 that Fossella is surprised some [...]
Vito Fossella Admits Fathering Love Child
May 8, 2008
Republican Congressman Vito Fosella Confesses To Fathering 3-Year Old With Woman Not His Wife
Rep. Vito Fossella has admitted fathering a 3-year-old daughter with a woman outside his marriage.
The Republican congressman from New York City made the announcement Thursday amid heavy scrutiny after his arrest for drunken driving last week in suburban Washington.
Police said Fossella told [...]
Republican Body Declines To Support Fossella
May 8, 2008
In an ominous sign for Rep. Vito Fossella, the campaign arm of the national Republican Party is refusing to support him publicly.
When asked to comment on the race in New York’s 13th District, which includes Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, a spokeswoman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, Julie Shutley, said only that voters [...]
Wife may leave Vito Fossella
May 8, 2008
Embattled Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella’s wife was blindsided by allegations he may have fathered a love child, and is unlikely to stay at his side if it turns out to be true, a source close to the family said.
“She’s not going to be standing by her man,” the source told The Post yesterday.
Mary [...]
Vito Fossella told cops he was on way to see ‘my sick kid’ at mystery gal’s address
May 7, 2008
When cops stopped Rep. Vito Fossella for drunken driving, the married congressman said he was rushing to see his sick daughter on nearby Grimm St. - the home of the mystery woman who later plucked him from jail.
Fossella’s spokeswoman has insisted the single mom, Air Force Col. Laura Fay, 45, was only a “good friend,” [...]
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