Uptown’s Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, Co-Chair of the Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus, Council Member Carlos Menchaca, Chairman of the Immigration Committee, Council Members Daniel Dromm, Rafael Espinal, Margaret Chin, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and 25 additional council members will join a citywide coalition of 44 policy and immigrant rights organizations, led by United Neighborhood Houses (UNH) and the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), to announce the launch of Our City, Our Vote, a campaign to expand the right to vote in municipal elections to New York residents who are legal permanent residents or have a work authorization. Currently, nearly one million New York City residents cannot vote in local elections due to their citizenship status despite paying taxes and being invested in and contributing to the city.

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