{"id":113833,"date":"2026-01-27T13:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113833\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:48:11","slug":"republicans-appeal-new-york-ruling-on-rep-nicole-malliotakis-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113833\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans appeal New York ruling on Rep. Nicole Malliotakis district"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Republican Party is appealing a New York judge&#8217;s decision to throw out the congressional lines for a GOP-held district in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New York City<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The judge ruled that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/judge-rules-nycs-lone-republican-congressional-district-unconstitutional-orders-redraw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the current map<\/a> for Rep. Nicole Malliotakis&#8217; district, which lies in Staten Island and Brooklyn, dilutes the power of its Black and Hispanic voters. The state&#8217;s Independent Redistricting Commission has now been tasked with creating a new map by February 6.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans filed appeals to the ruling in two separate courts, including a mid-level appeals court and the state\u2019s highest court, the Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n<p>The Court of Appeals previously ruled against a Democrat-favored map in 2024. It has not announced a date for when it will take up the case for Malliotakis&#8217; district.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/redistricting-battles-brewing-across-country-parties-compete-power-ahead-2026-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">REDISTRICTING BATTLES BREWING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS PARTIES COMPETE FOR POWER AHEAD OF 2026 MIDTERMS<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769521691_658_nicole-malliotakis.jpg\" alt=\"House Rep. Nicole Malliotakis\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican from New York, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). (Michael Nagle\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The case is the latest battleground in a war over congressional maps being waged across the country ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Texas and California have pursued redistricting maps that would grant roughly five seats to the GOP and Democrats respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Virginia State Senate<\/a> on Friday greenlit a constitutional amendment that would clear the way for the Democrat-controlled legislature to redraw the state&#8217;s House maps in time for midterms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/doj-urges-supreme-court-block-california-map-calls-newsom-backed-plan-racial-gerrymander\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DOJ URGES SUPREME COURT TO BLOCK CALIFORNIA MAP, CALLS NEWSOM-BACKED PLAN A RACIAL GERRYMANDER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/trump-looks-southern-boulevard-dedication-ceremony-.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump arrives\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump is pushing for Congressional remapping ahead of the 2026 midterms. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<p>If the ballot measure is approved this spring, the legislature, rather than the current non-partisan commission, would redraw the state&#8217;s congressional maps through 2030.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Virginia Democrats<\/a>, who currently control six of the state&#8217;s 11 districts, are aiming to draw up to four additional left-leaning seats.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are defending their razor-thin House majority in the midterms, and Democrats need a net gain of just three seats to win back control of the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Republican-controlled Missouri and Ohio, and swing state North Carolina, where the GOP dominates the legislature, have drawn new maps as part of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s midterm push.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florida Republicans, in a move pushed by GOP Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> and state lawmakers, are also hoping to pick up an additional three to five seats through a redistricting push during a special legislative session in April.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. 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