New York’s top court has struck down a law that would have let noncitizens vote in New York City elections, with the court’s progressive majority overwhelmingly siding with Republicans who challenged ...

If the legal challenge failed, more than 800,000 green card holders would have been allowed to vote in local elections, such as mayoral races.

New York became the first big city in the country to grant rights to some noncitizens to vote for Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough President and City Council Member.

After a legal battle spanning more than three years, New York’s top court on Thursday struck down a city law as unconstitutional that would’ve expanded the right to vote in local ...

called the Court of Appeals. “Efforts by radical Democrats on the New York City Council to permit noncitizen voting have been rightly rejected,” NYGOP Chair Ed Cox said in a statement.

Even an Empire State court says noncitizens don’t get the franchise.

NEW YORK - New York's top court on Thursday struck down a city law that would have allowed noncitizens to vote in local New York City elections. The New York Court of Appeals ruled that NYC's Local ...

The lower court struck down the law on summary judgment ... and eight states passed measures banning noncitizen voting. New York City isn't the first governmental body that has passed such a law, with ...

The state’s highest court on Thursday overturned a New York City law that extended voting rights to lawful permanent residents and other noncitizens for certain municipal elections. The 6-1 ...

New York City lawmakers adopted a law in 2022 allowing non-citizens to vote in municipal elections, but a state court struck ...

New York City’s controversial ... Council did agree with certain parts of the court’s ruling, which found that the way the Council passed the noncitizen voting law was legitimate.