What is Vito Fossella?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Vito Fossella |image = Vito Fossella, official 109th Congress photo.jpg |office1 = 16th [[Borough President]] of [[Staten Island]] |term_start1 = January 1, 2022 |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = [[James Oddo]] |successor = |state2 = [[New York]] |district2 = {{ushr|New York|13|13th}} |term_start2 = November 4, 1997 |term_end2 = January 3, 2009 |predecessor2 = [[Susan Molinari]] |successor2 = [[Michael McMahon]] |office3 = Member of the [[New York City Council]]<br>from the [[New York City's 51st City Council district|51st]] district |term_start3 = April 1994 |term_end3 = November 1997 |predecessor3 = [[Alfred C. Cerullo III|Alfred Cerullo]] |successor3 = [[Stephen Fiala]] |birth_name = Vito John Fossella Jr. |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|3|9}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = {{marriage|Mary Rowan|1990}} |children = 4 |education = [[Iona College (New York)|Iona College]]<br>[[University of Pennsylvania]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Fordham University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Vito John Fossella Jr.''' (born March 9, 1965) is an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He became the [[Borough President]] of [[Staten Island]] in 2022. He represented [[New York (state)|New York's]] [[New York's 13th congressional district|13th congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] for six terms, from 1997 to 2009. Fossella is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican party]]. In March 2021, Fossella announced that he was running for [[Borough president|Borough President]] of [[Staten Island]] and won the Republican nomination in July.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 29, 2021|title='I LOVE STATEN ISLAND!' Trump celebrates primary win of ex-congressman he endorsed for GOP boro president|u