Immigration advocates in New York on Thursday condemned a New York Court of Appeals ruling against voting rights for Caribbean and other immigrants in New York City municipal elections.
The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), an umbrella immigrant rights organization representing over 200 immigrant groups in New York State, said that the court “erroneously upheld a ruling declaring New York City’s Local Law 11 unconstitutional.”
NYIC said this law, passed in December 2021 and enacted in January 2022, had expanded voting rights in municipal elections to roughly one million immigrant New Yorkers, including Caribbean nationals, with legal permanent residency or work authorization…