...when he was arrested early Thursday in Alexandria, Va. The legal limit in Virginia is 0.08 percent. Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella begged forgiveness from his family and his constituents this afternoon after a drunken driving arrest in Virginia that could...
...a New Deal congressman who also represented Staten Island, from 1935 to 1944 and voted to create Social Security; his father, Vito Fossella Sr., led the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals under Mayor Edward I. Koch; and his uncle, Frank Fossella, served...
...more than two weeks of damaging and scandal-filled headlines, Representative Vito J. Fossella of Staten Island has decided not to seek another term in Congress, according to several people close to him. Mr. Fossella, 43, has been the object of intense scrutiny...
...decision by Vito J. Fossella not to seek another term in Congress has roiled the political waters of his reliably Republican district, as both parties are searching for consensus candidates to succeed him when his term ends in January. The departure of Mr....
...Vito J. Fossella, the Staten Island Republican who was arrested on drunken-driving charges in Virginia last week, acknowledged on Thursday that he had fathered a daughter, now 3, in an extramarital affair. But he declined to address questions about his political...
...Representative Vito J. Fossella has left open the door to fighting for a sixth term in Congress, but there is a sense among politicians both Democratic and Republican as well as analysts that the embattled congressman’s political prospects are dim at best. Most...
...New York Congressman Vito Fossella (R)'s political career has gone up in smoke in just one short week. It was bad enough when Fossella, the last remaining Republican Congressman from New York City, was arrested last week for DWI. "Vino" Fossella, as the New...
...the role of the young, fallen lawmaker’s mentor, savior and spokesman all in one. He sees it as “trying to humanize Vito.” How did Fossella retain King’s support after a DWI arrest and revelation of a second family? “He’s a very close friend, probably the...
...Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) continues to hang on to his job, if by a thread. But some top Republicans are rallying to his defense, with the message: don't veto Vito. Encouraged by the support of elder New York politicians, Fossella is resisting calls from...
...Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) has hired two private detectives to help him beat his drunk driving charge, which he plans to fight in court in Alexandria, Va., on June 27. As first reported in the New York Daily News today, Fossella has hired the very same gumshoes...