State Judge’s Ruling To Redraw Congressional Map Threatens GOP-Controlled District

A New York state judge ruled the congressional district represented by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) is unconstitutional and ordered the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission to create a new map before the 2026 midterm elections.

New York’s 11th Congressional District covers Staten Island and a small section of Brooklyn.

Acting New York state Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Pearlman ordered the commission to draw a new map by February 6th.

“Pearlman sided with Democratic lawyers who said the lines of U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ district unlawfully diluted the voices of Black and Latino voters in Staten Island,” Gothamist reports.

Malliotakis is the lone House Republican to represent a district in New York City.

A judge tossed the boundaries for the only New York City Congressional seat to be