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Vito Fossella (9 March 1965-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-NY 13) from 4 November 1997 to 3 January 2009 (succeeding Susan Molinari and preceding Michael McMahon) and the Borough President of Staten Island from 1 January 2022 (succeeding James Oddo).

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Vito Fossella was born in Staten Island, New York City to a family of Irish and Italian descent; he was related to Democratic politicians James A. O'Leary and Frank Fossella. Fossella worked as a medical malpractice lawyer before serving in the city council from 1994 to 1997, having changed his political affiliation from Democrat to Republican in 1990 in a breach with family tradition. He went on to serve in Congress from 1997 to 2009, and he opted against running re-election after a DUI arrest and revalations that he was living with a female US Air Force colonel (with whom he fathered a child) while still being married. He later made a comeback to politics with Donald Trump's support, winning the office of Staten Island borough president in 2021.

FOSSELLA, Vito John, (great–grandson of James Aloysius O'Leary), A Representative from New York; born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., March 9, 1965; graduated from Monsignor Farrell High School, Staten Island, N.Y., 1983; B.S., Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., 1987; J.D., Fordham University Law School, New York, N.Y., 1994; lawyer, private practice; New York, N.Y., city council member; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifth Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Susan Molinari, reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (November 4, 1997-January 3, 2009); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008; Staten Island, N.Y. borough president, 2022-present.

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