Malliotakis’ District Ruled Unconstitutional: New York Brief

Jan. 22, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC

NYC’s Sole GOP District Lines Struck Down

Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg

A state court judge ruled that Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ (R) district must be redrawn because it dilutes Black and Latino voters, Isaiah Poritz reports.

New York’s 11th congressional district, which covers all of Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, is in violation of the state Constitution and must be redrawn by the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission by Feb. 6 for the 2026 midterm election, Judge Jeffrey H. Pearlman said.

Malliotakis is in her third term representing the district, which in the 2024 election favored President Donald Trump by 25 percentage points and re-elected ...

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