They say cheaters never prosper, but in New York state they at least won’t be charged with a crime. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Monday that officially legalizes adultery. Cheating on your spouse ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. @zimmytwss-images via canva.com In May 2025, posts circulated online claiming that cheating on your spouse "after signing marriage ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York repealed on Friday a seldom-used law over a century old that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse - a misdemeanor that once could have landed adulterers in jail for three ...

Governor Kathy Hochul signing legislation. Adultery was made illegal in New York in 1907, but that has changed. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law Friday a bill that legalizes adultery. The bill was ...

Nov. 24 (UPI) --New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has been married for 40 years, signed a bill into law Friday that overturns a 117-year-old ban on adultery -- a move praised by those who said the ...

Rumors swirled (archived) across social media in May 2025 that cheating after signing marriage papers would be illegal in 2026. One popular X post read: "Apparently in 2026 cheating is going to be ...

LANSING — Among other priorities during Michigan's lame duck session, several lawmakers hope to see an "archaic" piece of the state criminal code that outlaws sodomy repealed. The law isn't currently ...

In May 2025, a claim (archived) circulated that cheating after signing marriage papers would be illegal in 2026. The claim came from a screenshot, shared widely across social media, that read: ...