NYC’s only GOP House lawmaker asked the Supreme Court to block a Democrat-led redistricting effort of her Staten Island seat, calling it unconstitutional gerrymandering.
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NewYorkCity’sloneRepublicanlawmakerintheHouseofRepresentativesisaskingthehighestcourtinthelandtostopaDemocrat-backedbidtogerrymanderherseatinCongress.
Rep.NicoleMalliotakis,R-N.Y.,filedapetitionwiththeSupremeCourtlatelastweekaskingittohaltastatecourt-orderedredrawofNewYork’scongressionalmapaheadoftheNovembermidtermelections.
TheNewYorkStateSupremeCourtruledlastmonththatMalliotakis’districtunfairlydilutesthepowerofBlackandLatinovoters,followingalawsuitledbyDemocratlawyerMarcElias’lawfirmonbehalfoffourNewYorkresidents.
NewYork’s11thcongressionaldistrict(NY-11),whichMalliotakiswonin2020,encompassesallofStatenIslandandasliverofsouthernBrooklyn.It’stheonlydistrictintheBigApplerepresentedbyaRepublicanafterMalliotakisdefeatedone-termformerRep.MaxRose,D-N.Y.
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