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New York City's Equal Benefits Law Struck Down


by Philip K. Davidoff View Biography
Ford & Harrison LLP View Firm Credentials
Atlanta Office

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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