A New York appeals court upheld a previous ruling that reversed a New York City law granting local voting rights to roughly a million foreign nationals.
The case in question is Fossella v. Adams, No. 85007-22 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department.
According to a Breitbart News report, Democrats on the New York City Council gave the green light to a plan back in January 2022 that granted over 800,000 foreign nationals possessing green cards, visas, and work permits the ability to vote in citywide elections provided that they have lived in the city for at least 30 straight days.
Black residents of New York, in addition to naturalized American citizens, the New York State Republican Party, the Republican National Committee (RNC), and Democrat leaders such as Councilman Robert Holden subsequently filed a lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams and NYC’s Board of Elections.
Back in June 2022, the New York Supreme Court issued a ruling where it declared that granting local voting rights to foreign nationals was in violation of the state’s constitution, which explicitly reserves voting rights for American citizens.
On February 21, 2024, the New York Appellate Division upheld the prior decision:
Since this is, in part, a declaratory judgment action, we remit the matter to the Supreme Court, Richmond County, for the entry of a judgment, inter alia, declaring that the Local Law is null and void on the grounds that it violates the New York State Constitution and the Municipal Home Rule Law.
Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) President J. Christian Adams, who filed a lawsuit against Adams over the law on behalf of black residents in New York, declared that the ruling “marks an important step to stop foreign interference in New York City’s elections.”
“The Public Interest Legal Foundation’s lawsuit shows that not only did this foreign citizen voting law violate New York’s laws but also the U.S. Constitution and Voting Rights Act,” Adams stated. “Members of the New York City Council made explicit statements that race was the motivation behind this voting law. In America, we do not allow race-based voting restrictions.”
The Appellate Division hinted at the law potentially opening elected offices to foreign nationals and that foreign voters would become roughly 15% of the city’s voter base. Such a figure would often be considerably larger than the margin of victory.
Such decisions are necessary to halt the Great Replacement of the US electorate, at least in the short-terms. Nevertheless, a more durable solution is needed to fully address the problem.
If the immigration question is not sorted out, America will cease to exist as a coherent civilization.