Malliotakis wins round in IDNYC court battle
Appellate Division rules city cannot destroy records just yet
A tense legal battle between two Republican state assemblymembers and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Democratic administration over the fate of records containing personal information of New Yorkers with IDNYC cards is heating up as a lawsuit moves through the courts.
Assemblymembers Nicole Malliotakis (R-C- Bay Ridge-Staten Island) and Ron Castorina (R-C-Staten Island) filed a lawsuit to prevent New York City from destroying personal records acquired through the application process for the IDNYC municipal identification card program.
The IDNYC cards are available to all New Yorkers, including undocumented immigrants.
The two lawmakers won a victory on Dec. 7 when the Appellate Division upheld a temporary restraining order on the city to prevent the records from being destroyed, at least for the time being.