NY DEMS TRY, TOO

Bid to ‘de-ballot’ Trump

New York Democrats have renewed their effort to bar former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential ballot in light of the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling this week.

“New York is next,” state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D-Manhattan) posted on X after news broke that Colorado’s highest court determined that Trump, 77, is not eligible to hold office again and will be disqualified from the state’s GOP primary ballot.

Earlier this month, Hoylman-Sigal, whose district runs from Greenwich Village to the Upper West Side, and four fellow Democratic state senators wrote a letter to the state Board of Elections that claimed Trump should be barred from the ballot due to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

“The January 6 insurrection was a violent uprising against the United States that tragically resulted in loss of multiple lives,” the Dec. 7 letter read.

“That dark day in our nation’s history was led, facilitated, and encouraged by Trump. The Board must not allow those who participated to run again for office against the mandate of the Constitution.”

Hoylman-Sigal told The Post Thursday, “It’s incumbent on states to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution and ban Trump from the ballot.” The 14th Amendment, which bans anyone who engaged in an insurrection from holding civil or military office, was at the heart of the Colorado ruling.

“I hope New York will be next,” said Hoylman-Sigal.

Shortly before the Colorado decision, New York Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (D-Bronx) introduced a suggested amendment to the state’s own election law, that would have the Board of Elections ban anyone from the ballot who participated in an insurrection, the upstate Post-Journal newspaper reported.

If the country’s highest court upholds the Colorado ruling, it could result in other states issuing similar decisions.