Lopez v. Reyes: A Shifting View of the Definition of Family
New York, as a political entity, has long held more traditional views on what constitutes a “family” than, perhaps, the majority of individual New Yorkers have. New York only recently adopted “no-fault divorce,” preferring for decades that couples who wished to divorce jump through hoops to fit their marital discord into one of several restrictive boxes, such as adultery or abuse. The tide, however, is starting to turn, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the Housing C