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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis joined fellow Republicans Thursday criticizing a coronavirus (COVID-19) mask mandate put in place for the House of Representatives members and their staff, including the fully vaccinated.

“Our Washington staff is fully vaccinated,” she said. “Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi’s mandate directing Capitol Police to arrest visitors and staff who don’t comply is an inappropriate government overreach and only diminishes confidence in a vaccine that we were told was safe and effective against the spread of COVID-19 and its variants.”

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Officials at the state and federal level are once again advocating for Congress to repeal the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction cap.

During a press conference with the Association for a Better New York (ABNY) on Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo listed lowering taxes as one of the solutions for restoring New York’s economy post-pandemic. He specifically discussed SALT as one of the obstacles to the state’s economic recovery.

Only one Republican represents the Big Apple on Capitol Hill: Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis.

She was only sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives in January, after unseating first-term Democrat Max Rose.

Six months into her term, what has she been working on? What role is she playing in the delegation?

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- All but one of the city and borough-based projects put forth by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis has made it to the next step of the House Appropriations Committee’s funding process, with an end goal of bringing millions in Federal funding for various local institutions.

In total, Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn) requested more than $6 million for various projects on Staten Island and more than $5 million for the South Brooklyn portion of her district.