Lawyers for New York City’s sole Republican member of Congress asked the U.S. Supreme court to intervene in a state court order that would redraw her district and be likely to disadvantage her reelection campaign. 

U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, who represents Staten Island and southern Brooklyn, filed an emergency petition to the Supreme Court Thursday to stop the Manhattan Supreme Court’s decision from moving forward. Her attorneys argued that waiting on the state appellate courts could delay the election cycle’s Feb. 24 starting deadline.