GOP names Malliotakis Assembly minority whip
Republican Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis, who was trounced by Democratic incumbent Bill de Blasio in the mayoral election on Nov. 7, has been welcomed back with open arms by her GOP Assembly colleagues who named her to a key leadership position.
Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb tapped Malliotakis to serve as whip of the Assembly’s Republican conference.
A whip in a legislative body is a combination vote counter/enforcer whose job it is to talk and cajole members of their party to back legislation favored by party leaders in the chamber. The whip also keeps an up-to-date count of who plans to vote in favor of a piece of legislation as the vote draws near.