The City Council, controlled by Democrats, passed the law last December 2021, and it went into effect in January after both Mayor Bill de Blasio and his successor, Eric Adams, declined to either sign ...
New York City to Grant Noncitizens the Right to Vote
A voter wears her “I Voted” sticker on Election Day in New York (Shutterstock) By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio, Documented NY New York City will become the largest municipality in the na...
New York Moves to Allow 800,000 Noncitizens to Vote in Local Elections
By Jeffery C. Mays and Annie Correal, NY Times For decades, lawmakers and immigrant advocates in New York City have pushed for legislation that would allow legal residents who are not citizens to vote...