Long-serving Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Vi Lyles, who faced calls to resign after urging compassion for the deranged vagrant accused of brutally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska aboard a city train last year, announced she will leave her post just six months after being re-elected. The five-term Democrat, 73, said in a press release that she would resign June 30 and would not be seeking another term next year when her term ends, but offered no concrete reason for her sudden and unexpected departure. Longtime Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Vi Lyles on Wednesday suddenly announced she is resigning next month. Bloomberg via Getty Images Her time in office was marred by her response to the murder of Iryna Zarutska, calling for compassion and understanding for the mentally ill, which critics called callous and tone deaf. GoFundMe “Serving as Charlotte’s mayor has been the honor of my life.…