But, not in the way you may be thinking
New York City officials leading the legal fight against a closed Catholic school on Staten Island being turned into a migrant shelter sounded the alarm about a potential far-reaching impact at the voting booth if Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul get their way on granting asylum seekers work authorization.
Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella issued the warning during a press conference outside the courthouse Thursday before a hearing regarding a lawsuit brought by himself and others objecting to the placement of migrants at the former St. John Villa Academy.
“Actually two years ago, the city council passed a law to allow non-citizens the right to vote. And one of the conditions was that if you had work permits, you can vote in municipal elections. So if work permits are granted to the asylum seekers, they in turn will be allowed to vote in municipal elections if the appellate division reverses the trial court,” Fossell said, referring to a city law that a judge shot down in a decision that is now being challenged.
“So in all of this discussion, I am sure their hearts are in the right place. We think to give 50,000, 75,000 people who arrived here a few weeks ago, giving them the right to vote in municipal elections, even though they’re non-citizens, we think is a bad idea and bad policy.”
It seemed like a wonderful idea two years ago, right? Those in the Sanctuary City of New York certainly didn’t expect to have actually deal with a fraction of the illegals/migrants down in the border states, which is now causing mayhem. But, this would require the law to be reversed per
The legislation passed by the New York City Council in December 2021 aimed to allow noncitizens who had been lawful permanent residents of the city for at least 30 days, as well as those authorized to work in the U.S., including so-called “Dreamers,” to vote in municipal elections to help select the city’s mayor, city council members, borough presidents, comptroller and public advocate. However, the law, set to go into effect in January 2023, was later struck down by a state Supreme Court justice on Staten Island who said it violated the State Constitution. Justice Ralph J. Porzio ruled in June 2022 that to give noncitizens a right to vote would require a referendum.
I bet most of the citizens of SCNY actually do not want illegal aliens taking jobs (well, the Elites might be looking for people to clean their lofts and do their yards and stuff) and voting.
Meanwhile, guy who used to be on MSNBC, Raul Reyes, obviously a far left Democrat, is concerned about Eric Adams
New York Mayor Eric Adam’s anti-migrant rhetoric makes him sound like Ron DeSantis
Speaking at a community meeting last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was blunt. “Let me tell you something New Yorkers, never in my life have I had a problem that I did not see an ending to. I don’t see an ending to this,” he said, referring to the influx of asylum-seekers arriving in the city from the southern border.
He warned that every community in the city would be hurt by the crisis, saying, “This issue will destroy New York City.”
Adams is failing New Yorkers on the migrant issue. He is displaying a lack of vision on a complex problem. He is using dangerous rhetoric and abdicating leadership in favor of misleading talking points. (snip)
Adams has it all wrong. Asylum-seekers will not “destroy” New York, because New Yorkers are generous, strong and resilient. It is the mayor’s failure to put together a coherent response to the migrant issue that is the problem here.
I wonder if someone would care to take a poll of New Yorkers, see how they feel. But, you know what, I bet Texas, Florida, Arizona, and New Mexico would be happy to send all their illegals/migrants to NYC. Maybe send a couple hundred thousand more, see how that works out. See how the elites really feel.
