NYC Mayoral Candidate Wants to Give Voting Rights to Non-Citizens
New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams supports giving voting rights to non-citizens.
There are nearly a million non-US citizens living in the city.
Speaking to the press this week, Adams explained that he supports a City Council agenda item that would give anyone with green cards, visas, or work authorization voting rights. He also discussed his support for making sure that the Big Apple remains a “sanctuary city.”
“We need to make sure we give undocumented New Yorkers support they need to allow families to not live in the shadows of [the] American dream,” Adams said.
Under the city council effort, foreign nationals would only need to live in the city for 30 days to qualify to vote for mayor,