Green Light Law

Appeals court strikes down immigrant licenses law challenge

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) An appeals court dealt another blow Monday to a lawsuit seeking to nullify a New York law allowing immigrants without legal documents to…

Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a briefing on Friday.

New York Public News Network

Cuomo says feds may have broken law in banning NYers from travel programs

Karen DeWitt

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that he’ll take legal action against the federal government after the U.S. Justice Department admitted in court papers…

Migrant farmworkers and undocumented immigrants in upstate New York are now able to obtain standard driver's licenses through the Green Light Law, which went into effect Monday.

Local News

Green Light Law takes effect: Undocumented farmworker one of first in line for driver's license

Noelle E. C. Evans

The Green Light Law allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses took effect Monday across New York state. It's the first time in 18…

Adam Bello, as Monroe County clerk, oversees local DMVs which are implementing the Green Light Law as of Monday. As Monroe County executive-elect, he will inherit a lawsuit against the Green Light Law come January 2020, which was filed by the current county executive Cheryl DInolfo.

Arts & Culture

Green Light Law takes effect in Monroe County and across New York state

Noelle E. C. Evans

The Green Light Law took effect on Monday in New York state. The law allows people who do not have social security numbers to apply for drivers’ licenses,…

Government

New state law safeguards against ICE facial recognition searches through DMV databases

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI have been using facial recognition software to sift through Department of Motor Vehicle databases to…