Know Your Candidates: Nicole Malliotakis
Nicole Malliotakis, who is running for her fifth term in the state Assembly, says she prides herself on being a fiscal watchdog for the taxpayers of the state. In a recent debate, Malliotakis boasted that she has voted against raising taxes more than 300 times during her years in office.
Malliotakis, who was born, raised and still lives on Staten Island, first won her Assembly seat in 2010, beating incumbent Democrat Janele Hyer-Spencer largely on a platform of improving transportation services in the district.