Cheating on your spouse is no longer a crime in New York, with the repeal of a little-known 1907 law

Adultery bans were enacted to make it harder to get a divorce at a time when proving a spouse cheated was the only way to get a legal separation

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York on Friday repealed a seldom-used, more than century-old law that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse — a misdemeanour that once could have landed adulterers in jail for three months.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill repealing the statute, which dates back to 1907 and has long been considered antiquated as well as difficult to enforce.