New York judge paves way for recognition of 'multi-person relationships'
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...