27 Facts About Nicole Malliotakis

Nicole Malliotakis is an American politician serving as the US representative for New York's 11th congressional district since 2021.

Nicole Malliotakis was the Republican nominee for mayor of New York City in the 2017 election, which she lost to incumbent Democrat Bill de Blasio.

Nicole Malliotakis was born on November 11,1980, in the Manhattan borough of New York City.

Nicole Malliotakis moved to Staten Island when she was two years old and grew up in Great Kills, the daughter of immigrant parents; her father is from Greece and her mother from Cuba, having left in 1959 following the rise of Fidel Castro.

Nicole Malliotakis attended New Dorp High School on Staten Island, and during her senior year was elected class president.

In 2010, Nicole Malliotakis won the election to represent the 60th District in the New York State Assembly, defeating two-term Democratic incumbent Janele Hyer-Spencer by 10 percentage points.

In October 2011, Nicole Malliotakis submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of an American Automobile Association lawsuit against the Port Authority in federal court, arguing that recent toll increases were illegal.

Nicole Malliotakis successfully brought an Article 78 proceeding in New York State Supreme Court to get the Port Authority to disclose the results of an economic impact study on the effect the toll increases had had on business at New York Container Terminal.

Nicole Malliotakis made elder rights a hallmark of her tenure and successfully fought to keep a senior center in Staten Island from being closed.

Nicole Malliotakis held a series of forums on the MTA Payroll Mobility Tax and its alleged negative impact on small businesses, nonprofit organizations, and private schools.

Nicole Malliotakis fought for relief from the September 2011 toll increase on Port Authority bridges, calling for divestment of costly non-essential real estate holdings and highlighting mismanaged contributions to community organizations.

In 2020, Nicole Malliotakis ran as the Republican nominee for New York's 11th congressional district against incumbent Democrat Max Rose.

Nicole Malliotakis was helped by coattails from Trump, who carried the district with 54.8 percent of the vote.

In 2022, Nicole Malliotakis ran for a second term against former Democratic congressman Max Rose in a rematch of her previous race.

In 2024, Nicole Malliotakis was re-elected for a third term in the United States House of Representatives, defeating Democratic challenger Andrea Morse.

On February 4,2021, Nicole Malliotakis joined 10 other Republican House members and all Democrats in voting to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of her House Education and Labor Committee and House Budget Committee assignments in response to controversial political statements she had made.

In January 2023, Nicole Malliotakis was selected to serve on the House Committee on Ways and Means in the 118th Congress; she is the only House member from New York City to serve on the committee this term and the first Republican from the city to serve on the committee in 30 years.

Nicole Malliotakis voted against the American Rescue Plan in 2021, but after its passage, she touted aspects of the legislation as one of her "achievements".

Shortly after Joe Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 presidential election, Nicole Malliotakis refused to acknowledge Biden's win, echoing Trump's refusal to concede the election.

Nicole Malliotakis has repeatedly called for the implementation of additional security measures on the border between the United States and Mexico.

Nicole Malliotakis opposes sanctuary city status for undocumented immigrants in New York City.

On November 5,2021, Nicole Malliotakis was among the 13 House Republicans who voted with a majority of Democrats to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending bill.

Nicole Malliotakis has been endorsed by Log Cabin Republicans, a Republican PAC in favor of same-sex marriage and other LGBTQ rights.

Nicole Malliotakis has opposed congestion pricing in the most congested parts of Manhattan.

Nicole Malliotakis opposed raising fees on plastic bags in New York and supports reducing bridge tolls.

Nicole Malliotakis proposed a plan to cut property taxes for seniors and to limit increases on property taxes.

Nicole Malliotakis is multilingual, speaking English and Spanish fluently and some Greek.