Eight of nine Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority commissioners resigned Tuesday in response to a demand from Mayor Alyia Gaskins and City Council that they step down by today’s deadline or face formal removal proceedings.
The mass resignations, delivered through attorney Ugo Colella of the law firm Colella Zefutie, came hours before Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, where Gaskins announced the departures after members emerged from a closed executive session.
“This afternoon we received a letter from an attorney representing eight of the nine Housing Authority commissioners,” Gaskins told the Council. “In that letter, all eight of the commissioners resigned from the ARHA board.”…