Nicole Malliotakis asks the Supreme Court for help against Democrats’ redrawing of New York’s map
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican, filed a petition with the Supreme Court late last week asking it to halt a state court-ordered redrawing of New York’s congressional map ahead of the presidential election. Midterm elections in November.
The New York State Supreme Court ruled so last month Malliotakis’ area is unfairly weakened The power of black and Latino voters, following a lawsuit led by the law firm of Democratic attorney Mark Elias on behalf of four New Yorkers.
New York’s 11th Congressional District (NY-11), which Malliotakis won in 2020, includes all of Staten Island and a piece of southern Brooklyn. It’s the only district in the Big Apple represented by a Republican after Malliotakis defeated former one-term Rep. Max Rose, D-N.Y.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis is petitioning the Supreme Court to block New York Democrats’ efforts to redraw her congressional seat. (Andrew Harnick/Getty; Drew Angerer/Getty)
Malliotakis’ court petition argued that the Manhattan court “violated the Equal Protection Clause by prohibiting New York from holding congressional elections until the state racially gerrymandered” its district.
The GOP congresswoman noted in a recent interview With Fox News Digital She is a Latina herself and her mother fled the communist regime in Cuba.
“The fact that they are somehow claiming that Hispanics and minorities are disenfranchised when I am the first Hispanic elected to represent the district makes it even more ridiculous,” Malliotakis said at the time.
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The state court decision by Judge Jeffrey Perlman found that “the political representation and participation in politics of black, Latino, and Asian Staten Islanders continues to lag behind that of white Staten Islanders” in violation of the New York State Constitution.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on November 3, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
“The demonstration of racially polarized voting shows that the minority groups in question vote as a bloc, as white voters do, and that favored minority candidates typically lose,” Perelman’s decision said. “Petitioners have proven that here.”
Malliotakis’ petition to the Supreme Court stated: “The New York State Legislature CD11’s current boundaries were adopted two years ago, with an overwhelming majority of black and Latino members of the Legislature voting in favor.
The lawsuit was filed, she said, “less than four months ago under the theory that the votes of Black and Latino voters in CD11 — who make up about 23% of CD11 — were unconstitutionally diluted because their preferred candidate wins only 25% of the time.”
The court’s ruling on “racial gerrymandering” of the district is “a recipe for unconstitutional chaos, with no map in place and uncertainty over whether nominating petitions can begin circulating on February 24, with no end in sight,” the petition said.
But Democrats were salivating at the idea of attracting the only House Republican to the Blue City.
“This ruling is the first step toward ensuring that communities of interest remain intact from Staten Island to lower Manhattan,” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a statement last month.
New York is one of several states embroiled in the redistricting battle sweeping the United States.
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It started last year in Texas, when the state’s GOP-led Legislature redrew the congressional map to give Republicans the advantage of up to five new House seats.
California quickly followed suit, creating a new map that gave Democrats the same advantage.
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