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Carl Heastie

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Assembly Passes Medically-Assisted Death Bill

Under this bill, mentally competent, terminally ill adults with an independently confirmed prognosis of less than six months to live can request self-administered medication for aid in dying. Patients must make oral and witnessed written requests, and obtain confirmation of their mental competence from at least two physicians.…
May 8, 2025
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Assembly Leader Says ‘Green Light’ Resistance ‘Shortsighted, Wrong’

ERIE COUNTY CLERK SINGLED OUT Assembly Leader Says ‘Green Light’ Resistance ‘Shortsighted, Wrong’ ALBANY – Efforts by New York’s county clerks to clarify their responsibilities to the U.S. Constitution in regards to the “Green Light” bill are “shortsighted and just plain wrong,” Speaker of the Assembly Carl Heastie declared in a statement released today. He singled out Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns, who went to federal court Monday evening seeking an injunction against the bill, which would require county clerks…
July 10, 2019

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