Adultery is no longer a crime in New York state. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a repeal of a 1907 law prohibiting the act, NPR reports. New York law previously said that "a person is guilty of adultery when he engages in sexual intercourse with another person at a time when he has a living spouse, or the other person has a living spouse." It was a misdemeanor, which carries a jail sentence of up to three months.
The State Senate called the law "outdated." Assemblyman Charles Lavine, who wrote the bill overturning the law, said 13 people were arrested and charged under the law, and five were convicted. The most recent case was in 2010, but it was thrown out.
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