Fordham Law alumnus Ravi Batra has joined the legal team at the Law Office of Jeffrey Alfano in challenging New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio administration’s efforts to destroy hundreds of thousands of IDNYC card applications.
Batra emigrated with his parents from India as a young boy. He is a graduate of Fordham Law School and has served as the principal at the Law Firm of Ravi Batra, P.C., since 1981.
In addition, Batra is currently the chairman at the National Advisory Council for South Asian Affairs, chairman and chief executive of Greenstar Global Energy Corporation and adviser for human rights and legal affairs at Ukraine Mission to United Nations.
“New Yorkers are among the most compassionate Americans, as we take care of our neighbors in their time of need or stress, and by so doing provide a sanctuary in the finest founding principles of these United States,” Batra wrote in a letter to the court.
Additionally, Batra’s letter to the court recognized that for the IDNYC program to be lawful and constitutional, the preservation of documents submitted in order to acquire the IDNYC card is mandated.
Batra stressed that the plaintiffs and defendants “are all New Yorkers and Americans first, and being compassionate, providing sanctuary, and enhancing public safety and national security are core bipartisan goals.”