Cuomo issues order allowing New Yorkers to obtain marriage licenses over Zoom

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With New York's marriage bureaus clumped due to the fact that of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that the synchronism will decant assent marriage licenses to be habitual remotely, and, for clerks to willpower ceremonies over video.

"There is now no excuse back the question comes up for marriage," he said during his Saturday briefing. "You can do it by Zoom. Yes or no."

NEW: I am oozing an Controlling Order assent New Yorkers to onfall a marriage authorization remotely and assent clerks to perform ceremonies via video conference.

-- Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 18, 2020

One of the states hardest hit by the coronavirus, New York is under a statewide steadying order. With most people under some kind of steadying or social distancing requirements due to the pandemic, #ZoomWeddings have wilt a prescriptive way for brides and grooms to alimony their bells dates, inviting friends and family to participate remotely.

Cuomo's order takes it a footfall further, giving New York couples who were planning marriage but didn't have their licenses yet to get the nuts-and-bolts paperwork handled via video. There doesn't assume to be any claim that couples gotta use Zoom for their authorization exercising and ceremony, of course; plenty of unascertained weddings have happened over FaceTime and other video conferencing platforms.

Also during Saturday's briefing, Cuomo said hospitalizations and intubations in New York continuous to decline, and said it was possible New York could be practiced its aiguille of infections. Still, he reported, 540 people died of the coronavirus in New York on Friday, bringing the state's destiny toll to 13,362.