New York City’s clerk will extend office hours to handle an expected flood of couples the week beginning July 24, when New York’s law allowing same-sex marriages takes effect.
Offices in all five boroughs will open on Sunday, July 24, for a full business day and the following Monday through Friday for at least two extra hours, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City Clerk Michael McSweeney and Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the body’s first openly gay leader, said yesterday in an e-mailed statement.
