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The new Marriage Bureau opened on January 12, 2009 on the ground floor at the Louis J. Lefkowitz State Office Building, a 1920s Art Deco building at 141 Worth Street (corner of Centre Street and Worth Street) that was formerly occupied by a Department of Motor Vehicles office. [4] The 24,000 square feet (2,200 m 2) space was decorated by ...
The Marriage Equality Act is a 2011 landmark New York State law that made same-sex marriage legal. The bill was introduced in the New York State Assembly by Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell and in the New York State Senate by Senator Thomas Duane. It was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on June 24, 2011 and took effect on July 24, 2011.
By 1989, there had been 19,492 cumulative deaths by AIDS in New York. [10] 2011. July 24: Same-sex marriage in New York becomes legal under the Marriage Equality Act (New York) passed by the New York State Legislature. 2015. J. Christopher Neal became the first openly bisexual New York City LGBT Pride March Grand Marshal. [12] 2016
March 3: Washington, D.C.'s statute authorizing same-sex marriages takes effect. [155] April 1: The 2010 United States census becomes the first to track same-sex-led households, both married and unmarried. [156] July 8: Judge Joseph Tauro of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts holds in two related cases (Gill v.
While Chair of the GAA's Municipal Government Committee, Rubin conceived of and planned of one of the group's most famous zaps, which took place at the New York City Marriage Bureau. When New York’s City Clerk Herman Katz threatened legal action against the Church of the Beloved Disciple for performing same-sex “holy union” ceremonies ...
Originally known as the New York State Office Building, the State renamed it in honor of Louis J. Lefkowitz, then the longest-serving Attorney General of New York, in 1984. [1] In 2002, the State transferred the building to the City of New York, which began using it for marriages in 2009. [1] The City moved the Manhattan Marriage Bureau to the ...
The New York City Marriage Bureau provides marriage licenses, domestic partnership registration, civil marriage ceremonies, registration of marriage officiants, and copies and amendments of marriage records. The New York City Civil Service Commission (CSC) is the local civil service commission and hears appeals by city employees and applicants ...
The New York City Municipal Archives (NYCMA) is a division of the New York City Department of Records and Information Services, located in the Surrogate's Courthouse in Manhattan. Founded in 1950, the Municipal Archives preserves and makes accessible records created by the government of New York City (including the mayor's office, city agencies ...