Sue Stenhouse, left, executive director of the Senior Enrichment Center, speaks alongside a man dressed as an elderly woman, right.

A city official in Cranston, Rhode Island, has resigned after it was revealed she persuaded a man to dress like an elderly woman — donning a wig, a dress, earrings, and lipstick — for a press conference when no real senior citizens could be found.

According to the Associated Press,the bizarre stunt occurred part at a January 5 press conference on a snow shoveling program.

The man in drag stood next to the city's mayor, Allan Fung, wearing a name tag that read, "Cranston Senior Home Resident."