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Feb 10, 2011
A poll released Jan. 27 showing increased support among New Yorkers for legalizing gay marriage is bolstering a new effort to revive a bill narrowly defeated in the state legislature just more than a year ago.
The Quinnipiac University poll found 56 percent of New Yorkers support legalizing gay marriage. That’s almost a complete reversal from 2004, when 55 percent opposed legalization.
Regionally, 54 percent of upstaters, 55 percent of New York City voters, and 61 percent of suburban voters supported legalizing same-sex marriage.
The Republican-led Senate could take the issue up as early as this spring. The measure has strong support in the Democrat-led Assembly, and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo supports gay marriage.
From WiG and AP reports
