On 0, 2025, New York State’s highest court rejected a constitutional challenge from the Town of Newburgh to the state Voting Rights ...

The Court of Appeals says the town of Newburgh cannot mount a constitutional challenge, clearing the way for residents’ vote-dilution lawsuit to proceed.

A push in New York to boost minority voting clout in local elections has cleared a big hurdle with the top court upholding a state law that enables Black and Hispanic voters to sue for voting changes.

The lawsuit targets the state and Gov. Kathy Hochul, who supports the law as a cost-savings measure for local governments. The state Legislature is expected to begin the process of a new amendment to ...