NY Congresswoman: NYC Trying To Register Illegal Aliens To Vote

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) has announced that she has “smoking gun” proof that New York City officials are trying to register illegal aliens to vote.

On Sunday, Malliotakis declared that she had obtained a copy of a contract between New York City’s Department of Social Services and a local nonprofit, Homes for the Homeless, which has been contracted to build emergency shelters for the massive numbers of illegal aliens flooding into the city amid the border crisis.

According to Malliotakis, who represents part of New York City, the appendix of that contract includes a requirement from the city for the contractors to provide copies of voter registration forms to illegal aliens at their shelters.

“This is the smoking gun that proves what we’ve been saying all along, that the city intends to register noncitizens to vote, and even those who are residing in these migrant shelters for just 30 days,” she said during a press conference in Staten Island. “It is extremely concerning. It should be concerning to every citizen.”

The section of the appendix that Malliotakis is referencing states that contractors who have “regular contact with the public in the daily administration of its business” must “provide and distribute voter registration forms to all persons together with written applications for services, renewal, or recertification for services and change of address relating to such services.”

“Such voter registration forms shall be provided to the Contractor by the City. The Contractor should be prepared to provide forms written in Spanish or Chinese, and shall obtain a sufficient supply of such forms from the City,” the document continues.

That same appendix also appears to forbid these shelters from inquiring about immigration status unless specifically required, which means that these voter registration forms could be handed out to illegal aliens.

However, a spokesperson for the New York City Department of Social Services denied the allegations in a statement to Fox News Digital, claiming that the provision only applies to “eligible clients” in shelter housing.

“These allegations are false and baseless. DHS is legally required to include language around voter registration in shelter contracts and this guidance applies only to eligible clients who are citizens, and would clearly not apply to asylum seekers in shelter,” the spokesperson claimed.

Malliotakis has argued that the language in the contract specifically allows for handing out voter registration forms to illegal aliens, and claimed that it may have been intentional — especially in light of the fact that the New York City Council previously tried to pass a law in 2021 that would have allowed illegal aliens to vote in local elections.

That law was overturned by a New York state judge in July 2022 after lawmakers, including Malliotakis, filed a lawsuit. New York City has appealed that decision alongside illegal aliens’ rights groups.