A New York judge ruled Tuesday that a state law that moves various local elections to even years violates the state constitution. The law, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) in 2023, would have moved ...
An appeal is likely of a recent court decision that ruled the state’s move of local elections to even years violates the state constitution ... denying the motion to dismiss and ruling the law ...
He’s said that the change would silence community discussions and inject national politics into local races ... of carve-outs to the rule. “The Even Year Election Law does not even consolidate ...
On that basis, the plaintiffs had argued the Even Year Election Law was unconstitutional ... was amended in 1958 to enshrine home rule, the right for local governments to determine local rules ...
9—A court decision in Onondaga County has stopped the implementation of a new state law that ... those odd-year elections tend to yield more conservative local officeholders than even-year ...
A law moving many town and county elections in New York to even-numbered years to align them ... for people who care about local elections. “This radical change to longstanding election law ...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A New York State Supreme Court Judge ruled that a law passed by Governor Hochul changing ... between even year federal and state elections and odd year local elections, local ...
NEW CITY -- A New York state law creating even-year elections ... argued the change would boost voter involvement in local races. But challengers argued New York is a home-rule state in which ...
The Even Year Election Law is unconstitutional as specifically prohibited by Article IX of the New York State Constitution,” Neri said in the ruling. Neri also claimed that moving local races to ...
Judge Tosses a New York Law That Moved Many Local Elections to Even-Numbered Years A law moving many town ... a more objective panel of judges to rule in favor of the law’s constitutionality ...