New York, NY –
Governor Paterson introduced legislation today that would make New York the fifth state to allow gay and lesbian to marry. The bill is the same one introduced by former Governor Eliot Spitzer in 2007 where it passed in the assembly but died in the senate, where majority Republicans never brought it up for a vote. Now Democrats are in the majority but there's still uncertainty about it's passage in the senate.
Manhattan Senator Thomas Duane was the sponsor of the bill in 2007, and he is once again sponsoring it in the latest effort, and he joins me to discuss it.
Amy Eddings is the local host of “All Things Considered,” which airs from 4 PM until 8 PM weekdays. She started hosting in 2004, after long-time host JoAnn Allen left for the West Coast. Before ATC, Amy was a reporter. Her favorite topics were--and still are--garbage and recycling, which she still reports on whenever she can get out of the studio.
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