Also: NY bans phosphorus in dishwasher detergents.
From Bloomberg:
New York just made breaking up easier to do, passing a no-fault divorce law that stands to reduce long, cutthroat court battles over who’s to blame when marriages fail.
The new law permits couples to split without assigning blame for the marriage’s collapse.
“There is a human cost and a financial cost” to a system demanding fault-finding, Robert Ross, supervising judge of the matrimonial division in Nassau County, New York, on Long Island, said before the bill became law. “It’s hard to know what impact a new law will have, but we do know that a grounds trial, and the expense and delay associated with it, is not a good thing.”
» New York gets no-fault divorce law that may limit some courtroom disputes [Bloomberg]
In other state news:
» N.Y. banning sale of dishwasher detergents with phosphorus [The Associated Press]
» Dems fear friendly fire from Andy Cuomo [New York Post]
» Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio's campaign is bleeding money [New York Daily News]