You may now click the bride.
Beginning Saturday, New York will allow weddings by webcam, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced at his daily press briefing in Albany.
“There’s now no excuse when the question comes up for marriage. You can do it by Zoom,” Cuomo said.
According to the provisions of Executive Order 220.20, “any issuance of a marriage license application, marriage license or witnessing or solemnizing of the marriage ceremony … is authorized to be performed utilizing audio visual technology.”
The video conference must be live, allowing for direct interaction between the couple and the town or city clerk and witnesses, and must be conducted within state boundaries, the order says.
“No pre-recorded videos of the person signing or engaged in the marriage ceremony,” the order reads.
The measure seeks to make the statewide coronavirus lockdown a bit more tolerable, and romantic — at least for those whose relationships don’t implode during the lockdown.
“Marriage bureaus? I think the divorce rate is going up and the marriage rate is going down,” quipped Cuomo, who went back on the market in September after breaking up with longtime partner Sandra Lee.