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New York City's Equal Benefits Law Struck Down |
January 29, 2007
Previously published on February 20, 2006
On February 14, 2006, the New York Court of Appeals (New York's highest court) struck down New York City's Equal Benefits Law (EBL). The EBL required companies with City contracts over $100,000 to provide employees who have domestic partners with benefits equal to those provided to employees with spouses. Mayor Bloomberg had refused to enforce the EBL.
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