Gay marriage may be legal in New York, and have the support of both President Obama and Dick Cheney, but that doesn’t mean that the manager of a Harlem apartment building is about to recognize it—or the law—anytime soon.

When Harlem resident Regina Hawkins-Balducci asked to have her wife’s name added to her rent-stabilized lease she was rejected by the building manager of her apartment, the New York Daily News reports. Turns out that’s not only bigotry, it’s also illegal. Read More