This section is prioritized and updated according to the needs of the campaign.

Current Activities

The Legislature is holding its 2024 session and the campaign for enacting the Medical Aid in Dying Act is in gear.

In the Assembly, the sponsor is Assemblymember Amy Paulin and the bill number is A995B. In the Senate, the sponsor is Senator Brad Holyman-Sigal and the bill number is S2445B. The two bills are identical, and a reprint is available in our library HERE .

Come to the Capitol

Advocacy Tuesdays

Every Tuesday is going to be an Albany Advocacy Day, from now until the bill passes! Supporters of medical aid in dying will be showing up at the Capitol and Legislative Office Building to demonstrate and to engage with lawmakers. It will be difficult for people from far away to come often, so it is especially important that Capital-area supporters show up on these days.

Sign up for individual days on the Compassion and Choices website HERE , and you will receive information later on the day’s schedule.

Spring Lobby Day — May 7

This year’s Spring Lobby Day, organized by Compassion & Choices NY, will be on Tuesday, May 7. For part of the day we will be joining forces with the New York League of Women Voters and other allies — we’ll be United for Compassion. This will be the biggest advocacy event of the year, and we want to show lawmakers that New Yorkers are united in support of the Medical Aid in Dying Act. Mark your calendar and sign up HERE .

Work at Home

1. Write to key legislators.  Legislators say that hand-written, personalized notes are the most impactful communications we can make. So, get out your pen and write! If you have a personal experience to talk about, that is great. A related idea is to host a letter-writing party with friends or colleagues.

Here are the top legislators to write to now:

• Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins / LOB, Room 907 / Albany, NY 12247
• Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie / LOB, Room 932 / Albany, NY 12248
• Your Senator, who can be identified and found HERE — be sure to give your home address
• Your Assemblymember, who can be identified and found HERE — be sure to give your home address

And, since the passed bill will need the Governor’s approval:

• The Honorable Kathy Hochul / Governor of New York State / NYS State Capitol Building /Albany, NY 12224

2. Write a Letter to the Editor.  These are widely read and have real impact. The Albany Times Union  has not editorialized in favor of the bill in quite some time. They need to see that this is a priority for their readers. Please consider writing a letter to the editor. Click HERE  to read the guidelines from the TU  about how to submit a letter to the editor. Follow the directions!

Write about how getting the bill passed is important to you and to other people you know. More extensive suggestions for writing letters can be found HERE  from the Compassion & Choices Volunteer Action Network.

3. Help grow the movement.  Here is an important thing that Compassion & Choices is encouraging:  If you haven’t shared your support for this campaign with neighbors, friends, and colleagues, please to do so. You can use the following language and links to tailor your own personal message to help us grow this movement. We know that when the bill starts to move, our opponents will pull out all the stops to generate communications into lawmakers’ offices. We won’t be able to compete with the numbers, but we will have a bigger impact if we have intelligent and personalized messages flowing into lawmakers offices on a steady basis.