Boro battle: Race for GOP leadership in City Council comes down to Staten Island’s Carr and Queens’ Ariola

The City Council’s Republican conference is set to vote Tuesday on a new minority leader after the position’s current occupant, Staten Island’s Joe Borelli, announced over the weekend he will be stepping down on Jan. 31 to become a lobbyist.

The contentious race for who will lead the six-member conference next is between Borelli’s fellow Staten Islander, Council Member David Carr, and Council Member Joann Ariola of Queens.