New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and openly gay New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn were in Albany on Tuesday, and lobbied Republican State Senators pass a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.

The campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in New York has been getting a cash infusion from some unexpected sources -- conservative donors who traditionally support Republicans candidates and causes.

Timothy Dolan, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, on Friday blogged that tampering with the definition of marriage -- by legalizing same-sex marriage -- is an “Orwellian social engineering" and perilous to us all.

A lesbian student at a Long Island Catholic high school has been has been banned from taking a girlfriend to the senior prom.

A New York man charged in the slaying of an Elmira, N.Y. gay man, told police he shot the man when -- after having consensual sex with him -- the victim put one hand on his shoulder and the other on his throat and threatened him.

The National Organization for Marriage has pledged to spend $1.5 million in advertising and lobbying efforts to defeat a marriage equality bill in New York, and pro-LGBT candidates in the 2012 legislative elections.

A gay firefighter in White Plains, N.Y. is suing the city and the fire department, alleging he has been harassed, discriminated against and forced to endure a hostile work environment because of his sexual orientation.

Larry King, the legendary television and radio personality, and former host of CNN’s “Larry King Live,” supports marriage equality.

New York Rangers forward Sean Avery has recorded a video in support of marriage equality, becoming one of only a few active athletes in American team sports to voice support for LGBT rights.

New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation kicked-off their "Mayday For Marriage Tour” in Elmira, N.Y. on Saturday, the first of many stops in a statewide bus tour to preach that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

Former President Bill Clinton, who in 1996 signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law, has announced his support for marriage equality, joining the campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in New York state.

A new video released by Freedom to Marry tells the story of Richard Dorr, 84, and John Mace, 91, who recently celebrated 61 years together as a couple. The couple desperately wants to marry in their home state of New York.

Police in Elmira, N.Y. said the murder of gay bar owner Clinton “Billy” Lewis on Sunday was not a hate crime.

Police in Elmira, N.Y. have arrested Louis Duffy, 20, in the murder of Clinton "Billy" Lewis, the owner of Club Chill, a local gay bar just blocks from his home.

Lady Gaga has pledged to donate $1 million to New York area charities to support impoverished LGBT youth.