many people expecting supporters of gay rights to make their feelings on this vote tonight known in the streets of new york. whether the vote goes up or whether the vote goes down. if the bill does pass tonight, new york will become the sixth state in the country as well as the largest state by far where same-sex couples could be legally wed. and no, there is no residency requirement for getting married in new york state. so that means that if this passes tonight, and again, we are watching the state senate live right now, if this passes tonight, it would mean niagara falls weddings for a whole new group of people who could never have had one before. again, unlike massachusetts, no residency requirement for getting a new york state marriage license. those weddings could start 30 days after governor andrew cuomo would sign this bill into law. again, that is if it passes, which is no sure thing. all eyes on albany as the state senate looks to be keeping us late tonight. potentially we wi