{"id":1266975,"date":"2022-02-02T20:55:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T01:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1266975"},"modified":"2022-02-02T20:55:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T01:55:19","slug":"black-americans-sue-new-york-city-for-racially-discriminatory-policy-allowing-foreign-nationals-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-americans-sue-new-york-city-for-racially-discriminatory-policy-allowing-foreign-nationals-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Americans Sue New York City for &#039;Racially Discriminatory&#039; Policy Allowing Foreign Nationals to Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblack-americans-sue-new-york-city-for-racially-discriminatory-policy-allowing-foreign-nationals-to-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1266975&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1324868160-640x335.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Black Americans in New York City, New York, have filed a lawsuit against the city for giving municipal voting rights to nearly a million foreign nationals.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News has chronicled, Democrats on the 51-member New York City Council&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/09\/nyc-democrats-give-nearly-1000000-foreign-nationals-the-right-to-vote\/\">approved<\/a>&nbsp;a plan last month that allows more than<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/23\/new-york-city-democrats-seek-voting-rights-nearly-1m-non-citizens\/\">&nbsp;800,000<\/a>&nbsp;foreign nationals&nbsp;with green cards, visas, and work permits the opportunity to vote in citywide elections so long as they have resided in the city for at least 30 consecutive days.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Now, four black Americans and New York City residents \u2014&nbsp;Phyllis Coachman, Deroy Murdock, Katherine James, and Anthony Gilhuys \u2014 have filed suit with the help of the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF).<\/p>\n<p>Their lawsuit accuses the city\u2019s Board of Elections of violating the 15th Amendment by imposing a \u201cracially discriminatory\u201d policy that is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/30\/non-citizens-could-decide-local-elections-in-nyc-under-democrat-plan\/\">drastically dilute<\/a> the voting power of American citizens in New York City, and specifically of black Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of the relevant indicia demonstrate that a racially discriminatory purpose was a motivating factor in the passage of the Foreign Citizen Voting Bill,\u201d the lawsuit <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/150200_2022_Phyllis_Coachman_et_al_v_Phyllis_Coachman_et_al_COMPLAINT_2.pdf\">states<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>The New York City Council was aware of the discriminatory impact that the Foreign Citizen Voting Bill would have on the voting strength of Black voters<\/strong>. These concerns were raised by Council Members. [Emphasis added]\n<p>Despite this discriminatory impact and the knowledge that <strong>the New York City Council was without legal authority to grant foreign citizens the right to vote<\/strong>, the Council moved forward and passed the bill. [Emphasis added]\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawsuit cites United States Census Bureau data which shows how the policy will shift voting power from New York City\u2019s dwindling black American population toward its booming foreign-born population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sponsors of the bill are aware of this racial composition and passed the bill with the intent to strengthen the power of Hispanic and Asian powers and reduce the power of other racial groups,\u201d a PILF news release states. \u201cOf the approximately 1 million foreign nationals in New York City, approximately 488,000 are Hispanic and 343,000 are Asian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councilman Rev. Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/29\/nyc-democrat-councilman-radical-agenda-by-democrats-to-give-voting-rights-to-non-citizens-dangerous\/\">had warned<\/a> that the policy would dilute the votes of the city\u2019s citizens while shifting electoral power to foreign nationals with ties to the United Nations, Wall Street, and the global financial system.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second lawsuit to drop against the policy. Last month, the New York State Republican Party, naturalized American citizens, and a Democrat city councilman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/10\/nyc-sued-voting-rights-1m-foreign-nationals\/\">filed a lawsuit<\/a> against New York City, alleging the policy is in violation of the state\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The case is <em>Coachman v. New York City Board of Elections<\/em> in the Supreme Court of New York.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at&nbsp;jbinder@breitbart.com.&nbsp;Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JxhnBxnder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Americans in New York City, New York, have filed a lawsuit against the city for giving municipal voting rights to nearly a million foreign nationals. 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