New York and around the world good morning Michael Good morning Nathan about 800,000 New York City residents who could not vote in local elections due to their citizenship status may soon be able to After fears debate the city council passed the hour city hour vote legislation granting green card holders and dreamers the right vote New York councilwoman Tiffany caban There is not one piece of legislation before this body at this moment that does more to expand democracy And to lift up the folks of the people that make the city what it is Congresswoman caban was among the 33 members voting for the measure compared to 14 against it New York governor Kathy hoko plans to announce additional steps the day to combat a new surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state About some policies that we think are important to help fight this This impending search Huckel says New York State reported almost 3500 total daily hospitalizations A British appellate court has opened the door for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be extradited to the U.S. the high court in London overturned a lower court that found Assange's mental health was too fragile to withstand the American criminal justice system A federal appeals court has ruled against an effort by former president Donald Trump to shield documents from the House committee investigating the January 6th riot at the capitol Trump has sought to block the release through executive privilege After ten hours of deliberations the Chicago jury has found actor Jussie Smollett guilty on 5 of 6 felony counts in faking a racist and homophobic attack in 2019 Special prosecutor Dan Webb Mister Smollett would not have lost this case as he did today unless the jury found that he lied to them Defense attorney Nene unchi We.