wedding

The average NYC wedding is so prohibitively expensive for some couples that local companies exist to fight against it, selling the promise of a lower-budget wedding.

The marriage bureau has been closed since March 2020.

A Brooklyn wedding planner saw a 70% drop in revenue after the lockdown in March.

The building could be shut down should further illegal gatherings happen.

Thousands of people gathered for the wedding.

Previously, the state ordered the venue to cancel any wedding with more than 50 guests.

The couple had sued New York State, demanding to have a 175-person reception indoors.

When indoor dining practices and weddings collide.

"There were people cheering from all these windows, it was so lovely and festive. It felt like a community—it suddenly felt like we were all in it together."

The pair tied the knot surrounded by about 80 friends, an accommodating driver, and a couple of very confused passengers.