Hochul, legislature agree to passing Medical Aid in Dying bill in January, giving terminally ill New Yorkers the option to take their own lives

Barbara Russo-Lennon

Originally published in AMNY on .
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State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton lead a news conference on the Million Dollar Staircase at the New York State Capitol in Albany.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her support Wednesday for a revised version New York’s Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) bill, legislation that would give terminally ill patients in the state with six months or less to live the option to end their lives using a prescribed lethal cocktail of drugs.

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