NYC Councilmember Joe Borelli (R) announces resignation
Republican Joe Borelli, the minority leader of the New York City Council, will resign at the end of the month, he told Gothamist on Saturday.
“ I can't run for office again. So the right opportunity did come along and it was the right time for my family and I to take the plunge,” Borelli said. “ I feel very comfortable leaving Staten Island in the capable hands of the present and future elected officials and I wish everyone in City Hall luck going forward.”
The Staten Island lawmaker, who has represented the borough’s South Shore in the Council for nearly a decade, first told the New York Post he would resign months before he was set to be term-limited from his office at the end of this year. He said he will become a lobbyist with Washington D.C.-based Chartwell Strategy Group and will open the firm's New York office.
In the Council, Borelli began with a three-member Republican delegation that has since grown to include six of the Council’s 51 members. Those small numbers mean he could not advance much legislation.
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