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Null / Bogdan Khmelnytskyi / Shutterstock.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 10, 2022 / 16:25 pm (CNA).A New York judge opened the door to legal recognition of multi-partner relationships while ruling in a housing court case. In a ruling on a dispute over a rent-stabilized apartment, Judge Karen May Bacdayan of the Civil Court of the City of New York, opined that the legal protection of same-sex relationships shouldn t be limited to two people.The case centers on three men: Scott Anderson, who died in 2021; Markyus O Neill, who lived with Anderson in the now-deceased s apartment; and Anderson s life partner Robert Romano, who lived at a different location.After Anderson s death, O Neill was forced to give up the rent-controlled apartment because, according to the landlord, he was "nothing more than a roommate." The late Anderson s "life partner of 25 years" was Romano, the petitioner stated.In her ruling in the case West 49th St., LLC v O Neill on Sept. 2 ....
ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Former NY Top Judges Back Courts In Retiring Older Judges Law360 (December 22, 2020, 5:22 PM EST) Five former New York chief judges and chief administrative judges said the state constitution gives top state court officials ample authority to make difficult choices in forcing judges over the age of 70 into retirement, especially when budgetary constraints require it, according to an amicus brief filed late Monday. Former chief judges Jonathan Lippman and Sol Wachtler, along with former chief administrative judges of the Unified Court System Ann T. Pfau, E. Leo Milonas and Joseph W. Bellacosa, said the New York Constitution states clearly that judges must retire by the end of the year in which they turn 70, and. ....