12 Councilors Approve Vote of No Confidence, Call for Resignation of Council President Aponte

PROVIDENCE, RI—12 City Councilors tonight approved a vote of no confidence in the Providence City Council President Luis Aponte and requested his resignation as City Council President. Tonight’s special meeting was called by Councilors Matos, Principe, Correia, Ryan, Hassett, Harris, and Igliozzi. They were joined by Councilors Narducci, Jennings, Yurdin, Zurier and Salvatore in voting to approve the measure. Council President Aponte and Councilwoman Castillo were also present; they voted against and abstained, respectively.