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New York Governor Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bloomberg
pushed hard for gay marriage in New York
Mayor Bloomberg said in July New York City had become a destination for same-sex weddings, benefiting the economy.
Monday, October 22:
NYC’s Mayor gives $500,000 to gay marriage campaigns;
pledges additional $10 million
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is poised to spend $500,000 of his personal fortune on gay marriage campaigns in Maine, Minnesota and Washington state, he said Monday, following up on a major political spending push the billionaire businessman-turned-politician announced last week.
Bloomberg already had established himself as an outspoken, and generous, supporter of same-sex marriage. He unveiled a $250,000 contribution to a Maryland gay marriage effort earlier this month and has backed four New York Republican senators who crossed party lines to vote for legalizing gay marriage in the state last year. Monday's move deepened Bloomberg's involvement in the issue outside New York, and it reflected his vow to give at least $10 million by Election Day to moderate candidates and to ballot initiatives supporting gay marriage and other issues around the country.
Tuesday, October 23:
New York’s Highest Court Rejects Same-Sex Marriage Appeal
New York’s highest court refused to hear a challenge to the state’s same-sex marriage law after an appeals court ruled earlier this year that legislators didn’t violate open-meeting laws in passing the measure.
Wednesday, October 24:
Bloomberg boosts Governor O'Malley
in Maryland gay marriage fight
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who saw his state's governor (and potential 2016 hopeful) Andrew Cuomo get the lion's share of credit for a gay marriage bill in 2011 that Bloomberg pushed heavily for, lends a hand to another 2016 prospect, Gov. Martin O'Malley of Maryland.
pushed hard for gay marriage in New York
Mayor Bloomberg said in July New York City had become a destination for same-sex weddings, benefiting the economy.
Monday, October 22:
NYC’s Mayor gives $500,000 to gay marriage campaigns;
pledges additional $10 million
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is poised to spend $500,000 of his personal fortune on gay marriage campaigns in Maine, Minnesota and Washington state, he said Monday, following up on a major political spending push the billionaire businessman-turned-politician announced last week.
Bloomberg already had established himself as an outspoken, and generous, supporter of same-sex marriage. He unveiled a $250,000 contribution to a Maryland gay marriage effort earlier this month and has backed four New York Republican senators who crossed party lines to vote for legalizing gay marriage in the state last year. Monday's move deepened Bloomberg's involvement in the issue outside New York, and it reflected his vow to give at least $10 million by Election Day to moderate candidates and to ballot initiatives supporting gay marriage and other issues around the country.
Tuesday, October 23:
New York’s Highest Court Rejects Same-Sex Marriage Appeal
New York’s highest court refused to hear a challenge to the state’s same-sex marriage law after an appeals court ruled earlier this year that legislators didn’t violate open-meeting laws in passing the measure.
Wednesday, October 24:
Bloomberg boosts Governor O'Malley
in Maryland gay marriage fight
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who saw his state's governor (and potential 2016 hopeful) Andrew Cuomo get the lion's share of credit for a gay marriage bill in 2011 that Bloomberg pushed heavily for, lends a hand to another 2016 prospect, Gov. Martin O'Malley of Maryland.
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