"New York City's lone Republican lawmaker in the House of Representatives is asking the highest court in the land to stop a Democrat-backed bid to gerrymander her seat in Congress. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., filed a petition with the Supreme Court late last week asking it to halt a state court-ordered redraw of New York's congressional map ahead of the November midterm elections. The New York State Supreme Court ruled last month that Malliotakis' district unfairly dilutes the power of Black and Latino voters, following a lawsuit led by Democrat lawyer Marc Elias' law firm on behalf of four New York residents."
"New York's 11th congressional district (NY-11), which Malliotakis won in 2020, encompasses all of Staten Island and a sliver of southern Brooklyn. It's the only district in the Big Apple represented by a Republican after Malliotakis defeated one-term former Rep. Max Rose, D-N.Y. Malliotakis' court petition argued that the Manhattan court "violated the Equal Protection Clause by prohibiting New York from running congressional elections until the state racially gerrymanders" her district."
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to block a state court-ordered redraw of New York's congressional map ahead of the November midterm elections. A New York State Supreme Court ruling found that her district unfairly dilutes the power of Black and Latino voters after a lawsuit brought by four residents and led by lawyer Marc Elias' firm. New York's 11th District covers all of Staten Island and part of southern Brooklyn and is the city's only Republican-held seat. Malliotakis argued the Manhattan court violated the Equal Protection Clause and emphasized her Hispanic heritage and electoral history in the district.
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