New York Assisted Suicide Law Goes Into Effect Killing the Elderly and Disabled

We join the New York Association on Independent Living in calling for more adequate reporting requirements before the state implements a life-ending system of assisted suicide. The comments of organizations looking out for the right of people with disabilities should be carefully reviewed, with a period of more than two days between the end of the comment period and the law’s implementation date.Proceeding under these circumstances risks undermining the integrity of the public comment process an