Malliotakis draws on parents’ immigrant experience
In Public Service: Assemblymember’s Mom Fled Castro’s Cuba, Dad Hails from Greece
Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis’ parents are immigrants who came to the U.S. with next to nothing and achieved the “American Dream.” Her father George was born in Greece. Her mother was born and raised in Cuba and fled when Fidel Castro came to power in 1959.
“My dad comes from the birthplace of democracy. My mom came from a place where democracy was crushed,” Malliotakis told the Brooklyn Eagle over lunch at The Pearl Room, a Bay Ridge restaurant.