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."

A gripping, long-running mystery has been unfolding for the past two years, centered around a Greek businessman who claims to be an art dealer and collector.

Larissa is mourning  the loss of 32-year-old footballer Sokratis Evangelos who passed away prematurely, in Germany where he had been living recently.

The Scots who had come to Greece for the match between the two national teams for the Nations League play-offs last night at the “G. Karaiskakis” stadium were left behind in Athens. After celebrating their 0-1 victory at the Faliro stadium, the Scots are now... stranded in the capital due to the blackout at Heathrow airport.

The company that manages London’s Heathrow International Airport — the largest in Europe — announced earlier today that it would suspend its operations for the entire day due to a power outage caused by a fire in a substation in the electricity network.

A BBC correspondent reported the following: “I am among the Scots who watched the match with Greece a few hours ago and got up before sunrise for the flight to Heathrow. We had made it through passport control and security on time and as we were queuing for breakfast, a member of staff shouted: “all flights to Heathrow have been cancelled”. A glance at the departures board confirmed this. When we asked why, we were told that all flights to Heathrow today would be cancelled due to a fire. We were then squeezed in between 50 other passengers and made our way back through passport control to re-enter Greece.”

“Many passengers around us were planning to take a connecting flight to Edinburgh, Glasgow or Aberdeen. They were looking to rebook through other European cities, at who knows what cost, at the last minute. But this gives an idea of ​​the impact on people’s travel plans,” he added.

“The staff in Athens were very helpful, they gave us vouchers and clear instructions. "The systems are being updated, so for now - like many others, we are waiting," he concludes.