New York lawmakers’ pivot from protracted budget negotiations to the legislative session includes a matter of literal life and death: the Medical Aid in Dying Act.

The bill, which is now eight years in the works, and is replete with legal dimensions, has garnered 61 cosponsors in the Assembly, and 18 in the Senate, many of whom are attorneys, including the chairmen of both Judiciary Committees.

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