News Bits
Here are a few articles that caught our attetion today:
-The New York State Supreme Court upheld a ruling from Governor David Patterson regarding recognizing out of state marriage licenses for gay couples in the state. From EmpireStateNews.net:
A New York State Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that Governor David Paterson’s May memo telling state agencies to recognize the marriages of lesbian and gay couples performed in other states and countries is legal. The decision relied heavily on a landmark New York Civil Liberties Union victory in the case Martinez v. County of Monroe.
-New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has recently changed the requirements of the position of the city’s building commissioner and his appointment of Robert LiMandri is soon to be sworn in. From NY1.com:
The City Council recently passed a bill that makes being a licensed architect or a certified engineer unnecessary to hold the post.
LiMandri has more than 19 years of engineering, real estate, and construction management experience.
He has been the acting buildings commissioner since April, when Patricia Lancaster resigned in the wake of several deadly construction accidents.
