Malliotakis appeals court decision to toss existing NY-11 district map

Republican congress member Nicole Malliotakis is appealing a judge’s ruling that would force her district to be redrawn.

Manhattan Supreme Court judge Jeffrey Pearlman last week said the existing lines of NY-11 are unconstitutional and disempower Black and Latino voters within the district. He ordered the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission to draw up a new map by Feb. 6, so it could be used for the upcoming midterm elections.