Following a favorable vote by the full Faculty Council and also by the 
Administrative Management Council, President Oliva has decided to extend 
full benefits to domestic partners of NYU employees.  These will include not 
only medical and dental coverage but also the full range of benefits 
including tuition remission.  

He has asked a newly formed commission to propose a plan for 
implementiation, covering same-sex partners of faculty, administrators and 
staff and to recommend criteria for same-sex domestic partners with a 
deadline of Spring 1994. NYU's Association of Lesbian and Gay Faculty, 
Administrators and Staff has asked that this be implemented sooner, in time 
for the October open enrollment period for health insurance.  

NYU is the largest private university in the US -- we have approx. 40,000
students and 10,000 people on the payroll (of courthat includes TA's,
RA's, student employees, etc.