New York Appeals Court blocks NYC noncitizen voting law - A win By Malliotakis

New York’s highest court on Thursday blocked a New York City law that would have allowed noncitizens to vote in municipal elections, upholding lower court rulings that sided with Republicans who challenged the measure.

In January 2022, New York City became the first major city in the nation to grant municipal voting rights to noncitizens. The measure, however, was never fully implemented due to a legal challenge led by Republicans, including Nicole Malliotakis, as a lead plaintiff. If the challenge failed, more than 800,000 green card holders would have been allowed to vote in local elections, such as mayoral races.

The historically progressive New York Court of Appeals struck down the law by a 6-1 margin, concluding the New York constitution only allows citizens to vote.

As Malliotakis noted in a post "There is nothing more important than preserving the integrity of our election system and government must work to build more trust in our elections, not less. The right to vote is a sacred right granted only to United States citizens and I will never stop fighting against the liberal activists and politicians who are trying to dilute it for their own partisan advantage."

Malliotakis also noted that "Bill de Blasio and the radicals in the New York City Council aren’t the only ones trying to let non-citizens vote in our elections. Democrats in the House of Representatives, including Max Rose, voted for it and the Democrats in the State Legislature in Albany have pushed it for years."