Nicole Malliotakis

Nicole Malliotakis (/ˌmæliəˈtɑːkɪs/ MAL-ee-ə-TAH-kiss; born November 11, 1980) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 11th congressional district. Her district covers Staten Island and a portion of southern Brooklyn.

A Republican, Malliotakis was first elected to the New York State Assembly in 2010. She represented New York's 60th Assembly district from 2011 to 2012 and then represented New York's 64th Assembly district from 2013 to 2021. While serving in the Assembly, Malliotakis was the Republican nominee for mayor of New York City in the 2017 election; she was defeated by incumbent Democratic mayor Bill de Blasio. In 2020, she ran for Congress and won, defeating incumbent Democratic U.S. representative Max Rose. Malliotakis has represented New York's 11th congressional district since 2021. As of 2025, she is the only Republican representing New York City in Congress.

Malliotakis was born on November 11, 1980, in Manhattan, New York City. She moved to Staten Island when she was two years old and grew up in Great Kills. Malliotakis' father is from Greece and her mother is from Cuba, having left Cuba in 1959 following the rise of Fidel Castro. Malliotakis was baptized into the Greek Orthodox Church and was raised in the Greek Orthodox faith.

Malliotakis graduated from New Dorp High School on Staten Island in 1998. During her senior year, she was elected class president. She received a B.A. in communications from Seton Hall University in 2001 and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Wagner College in 2010.

Malliotakis worked as a community liaison for state senator John Marchi from 2003–04 and for Governor George Pataki from 2004–06. Before her election to the Assembly, she worked on state energy policy as the Consolidated Edison Company of New York's public affairs manager.

In November 2015, U.S. senator Marco Rubio of Florida named Malliotakis the New York chair of his 2016 presidential campaign.

In 2010, 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. Upon her election to the Assembly, she became the first Greek-American woman elected to office in New York State, the first Cuban-American woman elected to office in New York State, and the first person of Hispanic descent elected from Staten Island. As of January 2018, she was one of only two Republicans from the City of New York serving in the Assembly, along with Michael Reilly. Malliotakis was Brooklyn's only Republican lawmaker.

In October 2011, 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. She 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.