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New York's Non-Citizens Want the Right to Vote

Now non-citizens in New York are asking for the right to vote in city council elections, a right that would affect about 1.3 million legal adult residents.

With more than 60 community groups publicly behind them, the non-citizen immigrants say they pay the same taxes, use the same services and now want the same say in how the city is run. CARA ANNA in The Scotsman.