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The appeals court also said the trial-level judge overstepped her authority in November by striking down New York’s Voting Rights Act of 2022 in its entirety.
New York City Democrats are salivating at the prospect that the state’s highest court, after a hearing today, will decide to allow non-citizens to vote in municipal elections. “Be careful for what you ...
While the New York Court of Appeals has rejected Trump's appeal, the United States Supreme Court is currently considering whether to intervene and postpone the sentencing scheduled for tomorrow ...
New York's top court struck down Thursday a New York City law that would have let non-citizens vote in municipal elections. The city law would have given more than an estimated 800,000 people the ...
The 6-1 ruling by the New York State Court of Appeals found that a city law enacted in 2022 violated New York State’s constitution, which it determined gave only citizens the right to vote.
On May 22, 2025, the New York Court of Appeals--the highest court in New York State--unanimously upheld New York City's Local Law 97 against a challenge brought by certain property owners.
New York City’s controversial local law that would have allowed some people without U.S. citizenship to vote in city elections was ruled unconstitutional by the state’s highest court in a ...
New York's highest court dismissed a lawsuit challenging Local Law 97, upholding the city's carbon emission regulations. The Court of Appeals ruled that the state's climate law does not override ...
On June 18, 2025, the New York State Court of Appeals issued its decision in this retiree health insurance related litigation addressing Petitioners’ arguments based on its claim of "promissory ...
A New York appeals court on Thursday reversed a ruling from a judge that struck down a state voting rights law designed to protect the ... located about 60 miles north of New York City, ...