page_title: Vito Fossella
section_title: United States Congress
hierarchical_section_title: Vito Fossella / United States Congress
caption_attribution_description: English: Vito Fossella Visits Devastated Areas in Lower Manhattan
context_page_description: Vito John Fossella Jr. is an American Republican politician from the state of New York who formerly represented the state's 13th Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms, from 1997 to 2009 serving as the lone Republican from New York City. Fossella, a Staten Island native, was born to a family that included several politicians. Fossella initially took office in 1997, after winning a special election held to replace the resigning Susan Molinari.
  After a DUI arrest in Alexandria, Virginia on May 1, 2008, it was discovered that he was living with Laura Fay, a retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel, while Fossella was married. The two had a child together and were living in Virginia as a married couple while he was living in Staten Island with his wife. He announced on his official website on May 20 that he had chosen to serve out the remainder of his term, which ended on January 3, 2009, but decided not to run for re-election.
caption: Fossella in Lower Manhattan on September 12, 2001.
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