Cardboard cutout stands in for Rep. Malliotakis at city comptroller’s town hall

Lander Malliotakis Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Comptroller Brad Lander hosts a Wednesday, May 28, 2025 town hall featuring a cardboard cutout of Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.(Staten Island Advance/Paul Liotta)

BAY RIDGE — One mayoral candidate spent their Wednesday night hurling shots at Staten Island’s congressional representative over a recent vote that he claims will harm thousands of her most vulnerable constituents.

City Comptroller Brad Lander, one of nearly a dozen candidates set to appear on the Democratic primary ballot for mayor in June, held the town hall event at Brooklyn’s Good Shepherd Lutheran Church to rail against Washington Republicans’ tax bill and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ vote in favor of it.

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