Voice for Equality: Mayor Matthew Ryan

Matthew Ryan is the mayor of Binghamton, NY - located upstate in New York's Broome County. After graduating from CUNY Law School where he focused on public interest law, Ryan returned to Binghamton University and became a professor of environmental law. He served for 15 years in Binghamton as a Public Defender, including eight years as the Broome County Public Defender. He was elected Mayor of Binghamton in 2005. Learn more here.

Mayor Ryan has stated his unequivocal support for marriage equality, and in June 2007, he signed an executive order recognizing marriages between same-sex couples performed in other jurisdictions as fully valid in the City of Binghamton. In April 2009, he also issued a strong statement in support of the Governor's marriage equality bill and signed a joint statement with the Binghamton City Council urging its passage.

Freedom to Marry salutes Binghamton, NY mayor Matthew Ryan as a Voice for Equality! See other Voices for Equality here.

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