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...but what does that really mean? Sure, the Mayor announced that if NY State's Court of Appeal decides that gay marriages are legal, then NYC will perform them, but the Mayor has always felt that way. Back in 2004, when the issue got hot with gay marriages being performed in San Franciso and New Paltz, NY, Mayor Bloomberg refused to go along, saying that he would follow NY State law. (Attorney General Eliot Spitzer didn't stop the New Paltz marriages, saying he had "no problem with gay marriage.") However, that was before his 2005 election, so who knows what he would have done if the issue came up during his second term; just yesterday, he said on his radio program, "The U.S. Constitution should be something that unites, rather than divides Americans. I do not believe that government should be in the business of telling people who they can and can't marry."

There's no wake-up like seeing Governor Pataki wax rhapsodic about Lower Manhattan in a commercial as Gothamist did this morning. NY State has launched a $5 million national ad campaign to ostensibly promote business in downtown NYC, but his critics wonder if it's more to promote his image. The commercial opens with the WTC cornerstone, with the Governor doing a voiceover that includes, "Discover your very own American success story. Build your business right here, right now, in lower Manhattan, where the only thing greater than today's success is our vision for tomorrow." Yes, they are pretty darn schmaltzy. But it's a worthy cause. Related: Insurers must pay up to $2.2 billion To WTC developer Larry Silverstein - hey, David Childs, you'll finally get paid!

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