Lifestyle | gay marriage New York Weddings Surge Thanks to Gay Marriage Around 1 in 4 newlywed couples are gay By Kevin Spak Posted Aug 23, 2011 5:01 PM CDT Copied Barbara Tremblay and Stacey Minondo wait in line to get married at the Brooklyn City Clerk's office on July 24, 2011 in New York City, on the first day gay marriage was legal in the state. (Getty Images) Gay marriage is officially a hit in New York. Since it became legal on July 24, gay couples have accounted for roughly one out of every four new marriages in New York City, the New York Post guesstimates based on the sudden surge in applications—though the city says it can’t confirm that figure because it removed the gender requirement from its forms. Marriage applications have hovered around 4,200 for this period over the past three years, only to shoot up to 5,587 this year. “We've had to work extra hard to handle the increase,” a city clerk said. “But even as same-sex marriage starts to feel routine here, everyone seems profoundly happy to be here.” Read These Next Salesforce CEO's ICE joke leaves employees fuming. Trump grants wave of pardons to ex-NFL players. He evaded arrest for 16 years, but his luck ran out at the Olympics. She lost to her victim in court, then beat her on the Olympic slopes. Report an error