ALBANY — A New York City law allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections violates the state constitution, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday. The Court of Appeals agreed in its decision with arguments from Republican elected officials that part of New York’s founding document limits voting in all elections to U.S. citizens.

On Thursday, six of the seven justices on New York’s Court of Appeals struck down New York City’s law, which would have given more than 800,000 non-citizens with permanent residency or are eligible to work the right to vote in local elections.

New York State's top court on Thursday struck down a New York City law that would have permitted more than 800,000 legal non-citizens to vote in municipal elections. In a 6-1 decision, the Court of Appeals ruled that the law,