Gov. Kathy Hochul has until the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve to sign or veto a bill that would literally mean life or death for many New Yorkers.

Earlier this year, the state Legislature passed the Medical Aid in Dying Act (MAID) — which would, if enacted, 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.

The legislation would legalize the practice known as “physician-assisted suicide.” The patient would receive the prescription from a pharmacy and self-administer the drugs.

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