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Name and occupation: Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, Representative for New York’s 11th Congressional District (Staten Island, Southern Brooklyn).
Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), Assemblyman Michael Tannousis, Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny, Council Member Ari Kagan, and Council Member Kalman Yeger released the following statement on April 10 regarding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign plan that unfairly targets Southern Brooklyn by leaving many residents without reliable public transportation options:
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn) recently announced a dozen winners -- six from Staten Island and six from Brooklyn -- of her 2023 Presidents Day Essay contest.
“My office received over 500 submissions to our Presidents Day Essay Contest, more than double the amount we received last year,” Malliotakis said.
Staten Island and Brooklyn elementary school students in grades three through five were invited to write an essay about what they would do to improve their community if they were president of the United States.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis is taking a stand against mail theft following an increase in checks stolen from New York City post offices and mailboxes
The Republican congresswoman from Staten Island and Queens Rep. Grace Meng, a Democrat, introduced the USPS Subpoena Authority Act, which seeks to give the U.S. Postal Service the ability to crack down on postal crime.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., on the need to strengthen support for Taiwan and reports that the Chinese spycraft got U.S. military intel.
Malliotakis (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
New York City is at a disadvantage when it comes to New York State’s funding distribution policies, according to Mayor Eric Adams.
New York Republican congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis and New Jersey Democratic congressmen Josh Gottheimer are joining forces, creating the Bipartisan Congressional Anti-Congestion Tax Caucus, which they say is designed to kill New York City's congestion pricing plan which would toll motorists who drive south of 60th Street in Manhattan.
"We are here to say we continue the fight against congestion pricing," said Malliotakis at a press conference on Wednesday.
Congress members from both sides of the Hudson River have formed a bipartisan caucus aimed at scuttling the MTA’s controversial congestion pricing plan to toll drivers entering the Midtown Manhattan business district.
A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers are joining forces in an attempt to combat the potential implementation of the nation’s first congestion pricing plan in New York City.
On Wednesday, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn) and Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) announced the formation of a new Anti-Congestion Tax Caucus, which will push for additional study of the controversial program in hopes of slowing or stopping implementation.
Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis and several Staten Island elected officials penned a letter to Mayor Eric Adams on Monday encouraging him to apply for grant funding recently announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to upgrade New York City’s essential water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure.