New York state’s top court Thursday struck down a New York City law that would have allowed more than 800,000 noncitizens to vote in municipal elections such as mayoral races.
The Court of Appeals’ progressive majority overwhelmingly agreed with Republicans who brought the case, ruling in a 6-1 decision that only citizens should be able to vote, reports Politico.
The voting bill, approved as Mayor Bill de Blasio was about to leave office, automatically became law in early 2022 when neither he nor his successor, Mayor Eric Adams, vetoed it.
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