Ex-Assemblymember Vito Lopez resignation effective today at 9 a.m.
Threatened with expulsion from the legislative body he has been a part of since 1985, scandal-plagued Assemblymember Vito Lopez has resigned.
The embattled veteran politician’s resignation from the New York State Assembly was made effective as of 9 a.m. this Monday morning, after state and city politicians rejected his attempt last Friday to postpone his resignation until June 20.
In response to the vocal opposition, 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.