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David lee miller has more. david? >> supporters of the proposed legislation that would allow noncitizen residents to vote in new york city rallied this afternoon outside of city hall. the bill has been on the drawing boards for years and now it's increasingly likely that it will soon become law. the mayor has expressed doubts about the legality, he says he won't veto it. even if he did, there's enough votes to make his approval unnecessary. the our city, our vote bill as it is known says that anyone that has lived in the city for 30 days and has a green card or work visa can cast a ballot for ...

For rural advancement so it is very important to me that we get broadband there. coming back to that bill we know now there is money in there for rural advancement. here's the kicker. only if you have an immigrant population that is absolutely growing and at a certain point. so once again, our folks in the southwest are going to be left out because we don't have that there. so that is what i'm saying. we're using the budget, the money to try to make things happen that are not happening and it's not right. it's not right. we want to know what are in these bills before they're passed not afterwa...

Center for rural advancement, so it's very important to me that we get broadband there. so coming back to that bill, we know now that there's money in there for rural advancement, but here is the kicker. only if you have an immigrant population that is absolutely growing and at a certain point. so once again, our folks in the southwest are going to be left out because we don't have that there and so that's what i'm saying. we're using the budget, the money to try to make things happen that are not happening and it's not right. it's not right, so we want to know what are in these bills before t...

Broadband for the southwest. 20 years, i'm back later still crying, and i've got the feeling it's because nobody really cares. but as lieutenant governor, i sit on something called the center for rural advancement, so it's very important to me that we get broadband there. so coming back to that bill, we know now that there's money in there for rural advancement, but here is the kicker. only if you have an immigrant population that is absolutely growing and at a certain point. so once again, our folks in the southwest are going to be left out because we don't have that there and so that's what ...

Years, that would protect them from deportations. >> is this plan "c" something that you think would be feasible? >> well, according to scholars and constitutional experts, plan "a" and plan "b" should have been feasible for the parliamentarian. we don't see why this shouldn't be, since it addresses some of the things that she raised. at the end of the day, i believe, like the majority of my fellow americans, that no matter what we achieve through this process it would probably pale in comparison to the community of immigrants who have helped us through the pandemic deserve. but nevertheless, ...