 On the latter occasion, he was a candidate of the newly formed "Action civique Montréal".In the 2013 election, Moschella was elected to Montreal City Council as a Coalition Montréal candidate in the district of Saint-Léonard-Est, winning by just eighty votes over Projet Montréal's Roberta Peressini.The result was heavily impacted by incumbent candidate Robert Zambito's late withdrawal from the race on corruption allegations.