The City Council will not appeal last Thursday’s state court decision striking down its plan to let immigrants vote in municipal elections, the office of Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) told the Chronicle.
“No, we respect the Court of Appeals’ decision here,” a spokesperson said via email March 20 when asked if the Council might seek to go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The New York Court of Appeals last week denied the Council’s bid to allow immigrant voting 6-1, affirming the state Constitution’s integrity and language that grants that right to citizens…