(from the February 11, 2025 AP article “New York City argues for noncitizen voting law before state’s top court”)

New York City became the first major U.S. city to grant widespread municipal voting rights to noncitizens in January 2022 — though the law approved by the Democrat-led city council was never implemented due to a legal challenge from Republicans. The city law did not grant noncitizens the right to vote in presidential, congressional or state elections.

A trial judge sided with Republican challengers to noncitizen voting in June 2022. And a mid-level state appeals court ruled last year that the law violated the state constitution and a legal requirement to hold a public referendum on the proposal because it changed an election method.

The city council appealed to the state Court of Appeals. An attorney for the council told the judges that the city government did not violate the state constitution.

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