Published March 27, 2024
The New York City council is asking the state’s Supreme Court to allow illegal immigrants to vote in the city’s municipal elections.
In 2021, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a law that would have allowed 800,000 non-citizens with green cards, visas, and work permits to vote as long as they have resided in the city for at least 30 consecutive days.
However, the controversial law was struck down last month by an appellate court.
New York City Council spokesperson Rendy Desamour arrived in court on Tuesday to beg the Supreme Court of the State of New York to override the rulings and allow the council to start authorizing illegal immigrants to vote.
“Today’s filing to appeal the Second Department’s recent decision seeks a determination from the state’s highest court that the law is consistent with the State Constitution, Election Law, and the Municipal Home Rule Law,” Desamour said. “Empowering New Yorkers to participate in our local democratic process can only strengthen New York City by increasing civic engagement.”
The council argued that illegal immigrants living in the city should be able to vote because they pay taxes and make contributions to the community.
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SOURCE: www.townhall.com
RELATED: NYC Council Asks State’s Highest Court To Let Non-Citizens Vote In Local Elections
The law was struck down as unconstitutional by a lower court.
Published March 27, 2024
The New York City Council is asking New York’s highest court to reverse a pair of rulings in a move that could ultimately allow non-citizens to vote in local elections.
The controversial law would allow 800,000 non-citizens with green cards to vote.
“Today’s filing to appeal the Second Department’s recent decision seeks a determination from the state’s highest court that the law is consistent with the State Constitution, Election Law, and the Municipal Home Rule Law,” saidCity Council spokesperson Rendy Desamours.
“Empowering New Yorkers to participate in our local democratic process can only strengthen New York City by increasing civic engagement,” he said.
The election law has been winding its way through the court system since it was passed by the City Council back in 2021 and signed into law by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio (D).
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SOURCE: www.dailywire.com
RELATED: NYC Council Begs High Court to Allow Noncitizens to Vote, Not Even Hiding Its True Desire Anymore
Published March 26, 2024
Usually, when liberal locales want to sneak noncitizens onto the voter rolls for local elections, they try a rhetorical shell game to try to hide their true intentions. So, I’ll say this much for the folks in New York: There was no verbal prestidigitation when the City Council asked the New York Supreme Court to strike down rulings that would disallow non-Americans from voting in city races.
According to a Monday New York Post report, Gotham officials are appealing a ruling by an appeals court last month that nullified laws that would have allowed roughly 800,000 green card-holding noncitizens to take part in local voting.
“Today’s filing to appeal the Second Department’s recent decision seeks a determination from the state’s highest court that the law is consistent with the State Constitution, Election Law, and the Municipal Home Rule Law,” said Rendy Desamours, spokesman for the City Council.
