Staten Island’s Joe Borelli, top Republican in City Council, to step down by end of January

One of NYC’s lone Republicans in political office is calling it quits before his term limit is up in November.

City Council Member Joe Borelli, the chamber’s minority leader who represents Staten Island’s overwhelmingly Republican 51st District on the South Shore, said he will resign at the end of January, according to multiple reports. Borelli, who was already set to be term-limited from his post this year, plans to work in the private sector.