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| DATE | 2026-02-22 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] This is the most pro-Jewish Congressman in NYC
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Appeals court green lights effort to redraw U.S. Rep. Nicole
Malliotakis’ district
By Max Parrott Posted on February 19, 2026
Photo Feb 12 2026, 8 56 50 PM
U.S. Representative Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) speaks during a Lincoln
Day celebration.
Photo by Arthur De Gaeta
The state Appellate Division, First Department cleared the way on
Thursday for the New York State Board of Election to begin reconfiguring
U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ Congressional district.
The decision comes a week after lawyers for Malliotakis — New York
City’s only Republican member of Congress — asked the U.S. Supreme Court
to intervene in the order to reconfigure her district — a process that
would most likely be unfavorable to her midterm reelection campaign. In
her legal effort to stop the redistricting, Mallitokais also filed an
appeal in state court.
As that appeal worked its way through the court system, the actual work
of redrawing the map was automatically paused. The First Department’s
ruling Thursday lifted the stay on that process, which could compel the
state’s Independent Redistricting Commission to begin meeting to work on
a map.
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In their filing to the U.S. Supreme Court, Malliotakis’ attorneys argued
that the state courts will be too slow to respond before the formal
start of this year’s primary process on Feb. 24, and would cause
“irreparable harm.”
“The Appellate Court’s failure to stay the legally-flawed decision
issued by Kathy Hochul’s hand-picked judge represents a failure of New
York’s judicial system. New York’s appellate judges had a duty to step
in and press the pause button on such a clearly unconstitutional
decision,” said Malliotakis in a statement.
A GOP spokesperson said that Malliotakis is not “at present” attempting
to take the matter before the New York Court of Appeals.
“The matter now lies with the U.S. Supreme Court,” wrote NYGOP Chair Ed
Cox about the decision. “As expected, the First Department of the
Appellate Division has refused to issue a stay regarding the NY-11
litigation.”
In light of the decision, Hochul urged the bi-partisan redistricting
commission to get to work on redrawing the area’s maps.
“The New York State Constitution guarantees the principles of fair
representation, and New Yorkers in every community deserve these
protections,” Hochul said in a statement.
This is a developing story, check back for updates.
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