ERIE COUNTY CLERK SINGLED OUT Assembly Leader Says ‘Green Light’ Resistance ‘Shortsighted, Wrong’ ALBANY – Efforts by New York’s county clerks to clarify their responsibilities to the U.S. Constitution in regards to the “Green Light” bill are “shortsighted and just plain wrong,” Speaker of the Assembly Carl Heastie declared in a statement released today. He singled out Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns, who went to federal court Monday evening seeking an injunction against the bill, which would require county clerks…
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‘Green Light’ Bill Facing Clerks’ Anger By JIM KEVLIN• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – By presstime, no word had been received from President Trump’s regional representation on whether the Justice Department will go to court to stop New York State’s “Green Light” law from going into effect Dec. 14. The “Green Light” law would require the state’s county clerks who operate state Department of Motor Vehicle offices locally to issue driver’s licenses to what some people call undocumented residents and…
35 CLERKS WRITE TO PRESIDENT Otsego Clerk Asks Trump: Turn Off ‘Green Light Law’ She Also Worries Illegal Immigrants May Inadvertently Be Allowed To Vote COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County Clerk Kathy Sinnott Gardner said yesterday she has joined 30 county clerks in sending a letter to President Trump, asking him to direct the U.S. Justice Department to go to court to block the state’s new “Green Light Law.” In an interview, Saratoga County Clerk Chris Hayner said, as of yesterday,…
Help Clerks Fight ‘Green Light’ Law, Letter Asks Trump State Requires Actions Against Constitution, Hayner Declares COOPERSTOWN – Saratoga County Clerk Craig Hayner, with the concurrence of 30 county clerks across the state, has asked President Trump to ask the Justice Department to go to federal court to determine if New York State’s “Green Light” Law, which goes into effect Dec. 14, is constitutional. The “Green Light” Law, passed by the Democratic controlled state Legislature, requires county clerks to issue…