So many people want to get married in New York City, there are no online marriage license appointments available until September.
NYC's online system for marriage licensing --"Project Cupid"-- was launched May 7 to circumvent the physical closure of most New York marriage bureaus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, the Office of the City Clerk has used it to process 382 marriage license requests online and about 3,700 online appointments booked in total, Clerk Michael McSweeney told CNN.
"We appreciate the patience of all the people who are using the system and we just hope that everyone hangs in there," he said, noting that the amount of people responding to the system had been very high."It's just a matter of us making things happen," McSweeney said."We're going to do our best." The launch of Project CupidNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order April 18 allowing couples to get marriage licenses remotely.
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