New York Congressional Redistricting Ruling: Supreme Court Sides With Republicans

The Supreme Court The ruling favored a Republican representative from New York who challenged congressional redistricting efforts in a ruling she said “helps restore public confidence in our judicial system.”

In a dissent by the court’s three liberal justices, the conservative majority halted a State court decision Rep. which includes Staten Island and a small piece of Brooklyn. Nicole Malliotakis, R.N.Y., ordered the New York Redistricting Commission to redistrict. A judge ruled that the district was drawn in a way that undermined the power of black and Hispanic voters and directed the state’s independent redistricting commission to complete a new map.

“Today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold New York’s 11th Congressional District helps restore public faith in our judicial system and proves that challenges to our district lines have always been without merit. The plaintiffs in this case attempted to rig our state courts and use race as a weapon to rig elections,” Malliot said in a statement. “That was wrong and is clearly unconstitutional in today’s decision.”

“Unfortunately, the politicization of New York’s courts and its judges requires action from the nation’s highest court. I thank the justices who prevented voters in Staten Island and South Brooklyn from being stripped of their ability to elect representatives who reflect their values,” she added. “Whether I serve another term in Congress is a decision for the voters, not the bosses of the Democrat Party and their high-priced lawyers.”

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, RN.Y., arrives for a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Dec. 5, 2023, in the Longworth House Office Building. (via Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Getty Images)

In October 2025, New York voters sued state election officials in the New York Supreme Court to challenge the district lines. Malliotakis moderated To protect the current map.

A Democrat-affiliated law firm had argued that the Staten Island district should be reshaped by cutting out a small chunk of Brooklyn and a chunk of lower Manhattan. The swap would have pushed some Republican-leaning neighborhoods out of the district and replaced it with President Donald Trump losing by 50 points in 2024 to former Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, Republican of New York, is seen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in New York. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

A state judge refused to impose the map he requested, but said the changes were necessary to give more voting power to Staten Island’s growing population of black and Hispanic residents.

The judge left the decision on how to redraw the state’s congressional maps to New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission, which has yet to submit any proposals.

The Supreme Court appears on Friday, February 20, 2026. (Annabel Gordon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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The Supreme Court did not explain the reasoning behind its decision Monday, but Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the New York court’s ruling constituted “indecent racial discrimination” that violated the US Constitution, according to the Associated Press.

Fox News’ Bill Mears, Shannon Bream, Maria Paronich and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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