Marriage skyrockets in NYC as couples rush to tie the knot before Donald Trump takes office
Marriages in November were up 33% over the previous year.
By Greg Owen for LGBTQ Nation –
New York City officials have confirmed what other local jurisdictions are reporting: there’s been a Trump bump in the number of marriages performed around the country.
The city doesn’t track couples’ gender or immigration status, so there is no data on who exactly is getting married, but anecdotal evidence suggests many marriages are taking place out of fear marriage equality for same-sex couples could be imperiled in a second Trump administration.
The City Clerk’s office in New York, which oversees the Marriage Bureau there, recorded 8,537 marriage license appointments made in November 2024, the same month Trump was elected to a second term. That’s a 33% increase compared to November last year, according to data the agency shared with The City.
In the two weeks leading up to the election, the city tracked about 1,500 marriage license appointments each week. That number jumped to 2,365 the week following the election, a 55% increase. The number of appointments remained above average for the rest of the month. The wedding fever dipped to 1,914 appointments the week ending on December 3.
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