Malliotakis hits ground running in mayoral race
Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis, a late entrant in the race to win the Republican Party’s nomination to run against incumbent Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio, spent the early days of her campaign crisscrossing the city seeking to make up for lost time.
After filing the official paperwork with New York state last week to clear the way for a mayoral run, Malliotakis made the rounds at several TV and radio stations for interviews. She also appeared at a forum for Republican candidates sponsored by the Metropolitan Republican Club on April 26.
At the forum, Malliotakis (R-C-Bay Ridge-Staten Island) was pitted against the other GOP candidates in the race: real estate executive Paul Massey, former New York Jet Rev. Michael Faulkner and investigator and TV personality Bo Dietl.