Barbara Russo-Lennon
August 5, 2026
Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) is now in effect throughout New York. It arrived with both applause and opposition to the procedure that now grants physician-assisted suicide to eligible sick patients in the Empire State.
The bill took effect on Aug. 5 after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed it into law in February, following more than 10 years of advocacy by supporters of MAID.
What is MAID?
The legislation, authored and championed by Assembly Member Amy Paulin, who represents Westchester, allows mentally capable, terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to request medication to self-administer to end their lives.
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