NYC council appeals ruling against non-citizens voting law while DC receives favorable ruling
In total, 17 municipalities allow non-citizens to vote in local elections.
By Natalia Mittelstadt
Published: March 26, 2024 11:00pm
The New York City Council has filed an appeal to the state’s highest court to reverse an intermediate appellate court’s ruling that struck down the city’s law allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections while Washington, D.C., recently had its non-citizens voting law upheld.
Cities are experiencing varying levels of success with their non-citizen voting laws, as New York City’s has been struck down twice in court while D.C.’s has survived an initial challenge.
On Monday, New York City Council filed a notice of appeal to the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, seeking to have the decisions of two lower courts overturned.
The law was first invalidated in June 2022 by Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Ralph Porzio, who found it violated state election laws holding that only U.S. citizens should be allowed to vote. The ruling prompted Mayor Adams’ administration to file an appeal, but the Supreme Court’s appellate division rejected it last month and upheld Porzio’s decision.
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