Mar 21, 2025 · New York state’s top court put an end Thursday to New York City’s effort to empower noncitizens to vote in municipal elections. In a 6-1 ruling, the high court said “the New York ...

Mar 20, 2025 · ALBANY, New York — 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 ...

Mar 20, 2025 · A law allowing hundreds of thousands of noncitizens living in New York City to vote in municipal elections was struck down on Thursday by the state’s highest court. The 6-to-1 decision by the ...

Mar 20, 2025 · NEW YORK (WABC) -- The New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, on Thursday struck down New York City's law that granted some noncitizens the right to vote in municipal elections,...

Mar 20, 2025 · NEW YORK (AP) — New York state’s top court put an end Thursday to New York City’s effort to empower noncitizens to vote in municipal elections. In a 6-1 ruling, the high court said “the New York constitution as it stands today draws a firm line restricting voting to citizens.”

Mar 20, 2025 · The New York State Constitution “limits voting to citizens,” Court of Appeals Chief Judge Rowan Wilson wrote for the 6-1 court. The ruling affirms a lower court decision from February 2024 striking down the law, which allowed up to 1 million non-citizens living in New York City for at least 30 days before an election to vote in municipal ...

Mar 20, 2025 · New York's top court struck down Thursday a New York City law that would have let non-citizens vote in municipal elections. The city law would have given more than an estimated 800,000 people...

Mar 20, 2025 · New York City’s controversial local law that would have allowed some people without U.S. citizenship to vote in city elections was ruled unconstitutional by the state’s highest court in a ...

Mar 20, 2025 · The near unanimous, 6-1, decision blocks a law passed in 2021 by New York City’s majority Democratic city council that would have made nearly 1 million noncitizens eligible to vote in municipal ...

Mar 21, 2025 · NEW YORK CITY, NY – In a major legal decision, the New York State Court of Appeals struck down a law that would have granted noncitizens the right to vote in municipal elections. The ruling, issued on March 20, 2025, determined that the law was unconstitutional, reaffirming that voting rights in New York State are reserved exclusively for U.S. citizens.…