Statement from Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay on NYC Council’s Decision Granting Noncitizens Voting Rights

“Today’s vote by the NYC Council undermines our elections and diminishes the value of American citizenship. The agenda of Majority lawmakers keeps moving in a more radical, extremist, and dangerous direction. This is just the latest example. Their action to allow 800,000 noncitizens to vote will not withstand a legal challenge, but then again, the laws that govern our state have never been a priority for them. I, along with my colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference, will do everything possible to make sure this legislation is stopped in its tracks.”