New York state's top court put an end Thursday to New York City's effort to empower noncitizens to vote in municipal elections. In a 6-1 ruling, the high court said “the New York constitution as ...

"Local Law 11 would vastly expand the franchise in New York City, a locality that is home to approximately 3.1 million immigrants, of whom 27 percent (over 800,000) are lawful permanent residents ...

The 6-1 ruling blocks a New York City law allowing green-card holders and individuals with work permits who have lived in the city for at least a month to vote in local municipal elections. A partial ...

New York's top court struck down Thursday a New York City law that would have let non-citizens vote in municipal elections. The city law would have given more than an estimated 800,000 people the ...

New York state's top court put an end Thursday to New York City's effort to empower noncitizens to vote in municipal elections. In a 6-1 ruling, the high court said “the New York constitution as ...

The New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, blocked a law on Thursday allowing noncitizens to vote in local New York City elections. A former New York City Council member responded ...

The Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling that had declared unconstitutional the city’s bid to allow noncitizens to vote. By Benjamin Oreskes A New York City law that would have allowed ...

March 20 (Reuters) - New York State's top court on Thursday struck down a New York City law that would have permitted more than 800,000 legal non-citizens to vote in municipal elections.

New York’s top court on Thursday delivered a decisive 6-1 ruling that struck down a New York City law that had envisioned allowing an estimated 800,000 noncitizens in the city to vote for a ...

ALBANY, New York — New York’s top court has struck down a law that would have let noncitizens vote in New York City elections, with the court’s progressive majority overwhelmingly siding ...

New York City’s controversial local law that would have allowed some people without U.S. citizenship to vote in city elections was ruled unconstitutional by the state’s highest court in a ...