Dems Mostly Silent About Whether They Support Granting Voting Rights To 800,000 Noncitizens
New York House Democrats largely refused to comment Monday on whether noncitizens should be allowed to vote in New York City’s municipal elections. New York’s Court of Appeals will hear a case Tuesday regarding a law…
New York House Democrats largely refused to comment Monday on whether noncitizens should be allowed to vote in New York City’s municipal elections.
New York’s Court of Appeals will hear a case Tuesday regarding a law that the New York City Council passed in 2022, which gave the city’s roughly 800,000 noncitizens holding green cards or work permits voting rights in municipal elections.
House Democrats representing parts of New York City or surrounding districts in New York are largely silent about whether they support noncitizen voting, which is opposed by a majority of Americans, Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump. The Daily Caller News Foundation reached out to Democratic New York Reps. Laura Gillen, Tom Suozzi, Pat Ryan, Josh Riley and John Mannion to inquire about whether they support New York City’s noncitizen voting law.
Every House Democrat but Mannion did not respond to the DCNF’s multiple requests for comment. A spokesperson for Mannion told the DCNF that the newly-elected House Democrat does not support noncitizen voting in municipal elections.
All five Democratic lawmakers represent competitive New York districts and are vulnerable to Republican challengers. Gillen, Riley and Mannion are first-term Democratic lawmakers who defeated GOP incumbents last November.
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the House Republicans’ campaign arm, torched Gillen, Riley, Suozzi and Ryan for refusing to state their position on noncitizen voting.