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DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS
(INTRO 114)Introduced: 2002
Passed City Council: August 15, 2002
Passed Mayor: August 27, 2002
In 1998, New York City passed a law legalizing same-sex domestic partnerships, but it did not recognize partnerships obtained outside of city limits. This law enables people who have registered status in other states to receive the same benefits and legal rights as those registered in the city.
How Councilmembers Voted :
36-Yes 7-No 3-Abstain 5-Absent
| Name | Party | District | Vote |
| Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. | Democrat | 32 | Yes |
| Tony Avella | Democrat | 19 | Yes |
| Maria Baez | Democrat | 14 | Yes |
| Charles Barron | Democrat | 42 | Yes |
| Tracy L. Boyland | Democrat | 41 | Absent |
| Gale A. Brewer | Democrat | 6 | Yes |
| Yvette D. Clarke | Democrat | 40 | Yes |
| Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. | Democrat | 27 | Yes |
| James E. Davis | Democrat | 35 | Yes |
| Bill de Blasio | Democrat | 39 | Yes |
| Ruben Diaz | Democrat | 18 | No |
| Erik Martin Dilan | Democrat | 37 | Yes |
| Simcha Felder | Democrat | 44 | No |
| Lewis A. Fidler | Democrat | 46 | Yes |
| Helen D. Foster | Democrat | 16 | Yes |
| Dennis P. Gallagher | Republican | 30 | No |
| James F. Gennaro | Democrat | 24 | Abstain |
| Alan Gerson | Democrat | 1 | Yes |
| Eric N. Gioia | Democrat | 26 | Yes |
| Martin Golden | Republican | 43 | No |
| Robert Jackson | Democrat | 7 | Yes |
| Allan W. Jennings, Jr. | Democrat | 28 | Absent |
| Melinda R. Katz | Democrat | 29 | Yes |
| G. Oliver Koppell | Democrat | 11 | Yes |
| Andrew J. Lanza | Republican | 51 | Yes |
| John C. Liu | Democrat | 20 | Absent |
| Margarita Lopez | Democrat | 2 | Yes |
| Miguel Martinez | 10 | Yes | |
| Michael E. McMahon | Democrat | 49 | Yes |
| Gifford Miller | Democrat | 5 | Yes |
| Hiram Monserrate | Democrat | 21 | Yes |
| Eva Moskowitz | 4 | Yes | |
| Michael C. Nelson | Democrat | 48 | No |
| James S. Oddo | Republican | 50 | No |
| Bill Perkins | Democrat | 9 | Yes |
| Madeline T. Provenzano | Democrat | 13 | No |
| Christine C. Quinn | Democrat | 3 | Yes |
| Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. | Democrat | 47 | Yes |
| Philip Reed | Democrat | 8 | Yes |
| Diana Reyna | Democrat | 34 | Absent |
| Joel Rivera | Democrat | 15 | Yes |
| Angel Rodriguez | Democrat | 38 | Yes |
| James Sanders, Jr. | Democrat | 31 | Abstain |
| Larry B. Seabrook | Democrat | 12 | Absent |
| Helen Sears | Democrat | 25 | Yes |
| Jose M. Serrano | Democrat | 17 | Yes |
| Kendall Stewart | Democrat | 45 | Yes |
| Peter F. Vallone, Jr. | Democrat | 22 | Abstain |
| Albert Vann | Democrat | 36 | Yes |
| David I. Weprin | Democrat | 23 | Yes |
| David Yassky | Democrat | 33 | Yes |