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[quote=Anonymous]One has to wonder why Adams is so anxious to allow noncitizens to vote.

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The Adams administration is mulling its next steps on noncitizen voting in New York City after a state appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the plan violates the state Constitution.

Paul Wooten, an associate justice of the Appellate Division for the state’s Second Judicial Department, upheld a 2022 decision by a Richmond County Supreme Court judge striking down the law. The appeals court weighed in on the case following an appeal from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration; it’s not clear whether Adams would pursue another appeal.

“We determine that this local law was enacted in violation of the New York State Constitution and Municipal Home Rule Law, and thus, must be declared null and void,” Wooten wrote, in the ruling.

Specifically, Wooten led a three-to-one ruling siding with the lower court in determining that when the state Constitution says “every citizen shall be entitled to vote at every election for all officers elected by the people,” it is only referring to US citizens and does not include non-citizens. Furthermore, they found the City Council’s passage of non-citizen voting violated the Home Rule Law, because it stipulates that local elections can only be changed through ballot referendums.

City Law Department spokesperson Nicholas Paolucci, in a statement, said the city is “reviewing the court’s decision and evaluating next steps.”[/quote]

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