Vito Lopez to resign NYS Assembly seat to run for City Council
UPDATE – Saturday, May 18:
Lopez submitted a terse, one-sentence letter to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on May 18, setting 9 a.m. on Monday, May 20 as the time his resignation would become effective. Lopez had originally planned to resign as of June 20, but pushed forward the move when it became clear that the Assembly would not wait. — Helen Klein