Legislation was introduced advocating for driver's licenses for undocumented New Yorkers, even after similar legislation failed 10 years ago.
"My mother risked deportation every morning to taken me to school," said 25-year-old Mayra Hidalgo Salazar.
She grew up in Florida without immigration documents. Her mom couldn't get a driver's license, but she drove her daughter to school anyway.
"She was so careful and so just hyper-vigilant, and I think it's also a miracle we were never pulled over," said Hidalgo Salazar.
She joined advocates and elected officials at the Egg to push for a law that would make it legal for undocumented immigrants to get a drivers' license. Supporters say not only would it help undocumented immigrants drive to work and drive their kids to school, but it would also help them open a bank account, or visit a doctor.
Eliot Spitzer tried to pass a similar law 10 years ago as governor, and even Democrats like Kathy Hochul and Hillary Clinton opposed it. Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola still doesn't think it's a good idea.
"If we start doing driver's licenses for people who are in this country illegally, it will just diminish the strength of our drivers' license," said Merola.
New York's Immigration Coalition says the argument is stronger this time, because they say studies show the law will decrease insurance premiums and add millions in state revenue.
But for people like Mayra, it's the memories of feeling scared every time she got in a car that make this a law worth fighting for.
Assemblyperson Francisco Moya introduced the legislation on Monday. Twelve other states have passed similar laws.