"When it wasn't tossed out, as we really thought it should have been, we were obviously concerned, but if you look at the judge, the judge was the former counsel and chief-of-staff to Governor Kathy Hochul, so it makes sense this round would be tough for us in court. I do believe, at the end of the day, that we would prevail and protect the voices of the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn."
"and so, here we have this Washington law firm trying to come in here and say, 'We don't care what the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn said- we're going to make it so that you can never elect another Republican again, and you'll be stuck with a Democrat forever!'."
"The issue is that, when you don't have these local municipalities just simply turning these people over when they're released from jail, it creates this scenario where the federal law enforcement agency needs to go into the community and find them, and it makes it much more"
A New York State Supreme Court justice ruled that New York's 11th Congressional District must be redrawn to include parts of lower Manhattan by February 6. The district currently consists of Staten Island and part of Brooklyn and is the only Republican-held U.S. House seat in New York. The redrawn lines aim to change that partisan balance. Representative Nicole Malliotakis, who has represented the district since 2020, said she expects the lawsuit to be dismissed. She noted the judge's past role with Governor Kathy Hochul and criticized a Washington law firm for seeking to alter local electoral outcomes. She also raised concerns about ICE enforcement when localities do not transfer released detainees.
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