New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act (A136/S138), sponsored by Assemblymember Amy Paulin and Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, was passed by the Assembly in a historic 81-67 vote on April 29. It now advances to the Senate Health Committee.
Introduced in 2025 with nearly 80 co-sponsors representing every corner of the state, this measure has garnered a growing chorus of lawmakers, voters, and civic organizations representing the Empire State’s broad diversity. This dynamic group is urging policymakers to lead with love and pass this critical bill without delay.
New Yorkers overwhelmingly support medical aid in dying by a 72-23% margin. Read more about public support here.
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Lawmakers need to know that medical aid-in-dying advocates will remain a presence in the halls of the capitol and legislative office building as long as it takes to pass the New York Medical Aid in Dying Act. Urge them to make passage of these bills a top priority in the 2025 legislative session.
A new survey shows that New Yorkers overwhelmingly support medical aid in dying by a 72-23% margin. You can read about it here.
Compassion & Choices was joined by dozens of advocates, physicians, state legislators, and other supporters to kick-off the campaign to Stop the Suffering and Pass the Medical Aid in Dying Act in 2022. The Act, (A.4321a/S.6471), is sponsored by Senator Diane Savino (D-Staten Island) and Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Westchester), along with more than 65 cosponsors…
Decenas de defensores(a), médicos, legisladores estatales y otros(a) simpatizantes, se unieron a Compassion & Choices para lanzar la campaña para Detener el Sufrimiento y Que se Apruebe el Medical Aid in Dying Act o Medida de Ayuda Médica para Morir en el 2022. La propuesta de ley, (A.4321a/S.6471), está patrocinada por la Senadora Diane Savino…
Compassion & Choices New York today presented Governor Kathy Hochul with petition signatures from more than 4,000 New Yorkers in support of New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act (A.4321a/S.6471), sponsored by Senator Diane Savino (Staten Island) and Assemblymember Amy Paulin (Westchester). The petition reads: “I believe that New Yorkers should have the same comprehensive end-of-life care options…
Compassion & Choices en Nueva York presentó hoy a la Gobernadora Kathy Hochul, firmas de petición de más de 4 mil neoyorquinos que apoyan la Medida de Ayuda Médica para Morir. La propuesta de Nueva York (A.4321a/S.6471), es patrocinada por la Senadora Diane Savino (Staten Island) y la asambleísta Amy Paulin (Westchester). La petición contiene…
Compassion & Choices presentó el martes en la tarde, un amicus brief o Informe Federal, en apoyo a una demanda, Stanley v City of New York, alegando que la Ciudad de Nueva York violó la directiva anticipada de un hombre transgénero Musulmán, con respecto al deshecho de sus restos. La demanda alega que el estado…
Compassion & Choices filed an amicus brief late Tuesday to support a lawsuit, Stanley v City of New York, claiming New York City violated a transgender Muslim man’s advance directive about how to dispose of his remains. The suit alleges that the state’s failure to follow his directive caused his pregnant partner so much distress…
Compassion & Choices presentó hoy su primera cartelera publicitaria para su campaña intensificada de hacer que el Medical Aid in Dying Act, o Medida de Ayuda Médica para Morir (A.4321a/S.6471), se convierta en ley de Nueva York para el 2022. El mensaje en la cartelera publicitaria es conciso y directo: “Detengan el sufrimiento . innecesario….
Compassion & Choices today unveiled its first billboard for its ramped up campaign to make the Medical Aid in Dying Act (A.4321a/S.6471) the law of New York in 2022. The message on the billboard is concise and direct: “Stop needless suffering. Pass medical aid in dying.” The billboard, which will be up at least through…
An excerpt from the Spectrum News State of Politics article, “Aid-in-dying advocates to make renewed push for bill,” by Nick Reisman: “Supporters of a bill that would allow for medical aid-in-dying provisions in New York are undertaking a renewed push to get the measure approved in Albany ahead of the coming legislative session… ‘Too…
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