Republican advocates want the Manhattan trial court judge to recuse himself, due to prior ties to Gov. Kathy Hochul, a ...

The Court of Appeals kept in tact a 2022 law that strengthened voting rights of New Yorkers, tailored to prohibit vote dilution of historically marginalized and disenfranchised communities. The Empire ...

(The Center Square) — A lawsuit against an upstate New York town alleging voter discrimination will be allowed to proceed after the state's highest court quashed an effort to strike down a key section ...

ALBANY — New York’s highest court has rejected an effort by the town of Newburgh to strike down a key section of the state’s voting rights law, which will allow a lawsuit that accuses the town of ...

New York residents must first register to vote before voting at a polling site, and the registration application requires valid identification and residential address. Poll workers check voters’ ...

Student voting offers a special test and opportunity for American institutions of higher education, which are in the midst of an authoritarian assault not seen since the McCarthy era. Since before the ...