Category Archives: New York

Anita Cameron and Stephanie Woodward Testify At NY Assisted Suicide Hearing

AM New York interviewed advocates on both sides of the assisted suicide issue at the all day hearing held in New York City on May 3, 2018. Here are the disability quotes: Opponents of the bill have expressed concerns for the disabled community and what they say is a tendency for medical professionals to underestimate … Continue reading Anita Cameron and Stephanie Woodward Testify At NY Assisted Suicide Hearing

Press Release: Disability Advocates Testify In NYC Against Assisted Suicide Bill

For Immediate Release             Contacts:  Anita Cameron 720-413-9064 May 3, 2018                                               Diane Coleman 708-420-0539 (New York, NY) Disability rights advocates will testify at a New York Assembly Health Committee hearing today in opposition to a proposed bill (A.2383-A) legalizing doctor assisted suicide. The hearing will be held at 250 Broadway in Manhattan beginning at 11:00 a.m. Disability advocates … Continue reading Press Release: Disability Advocates Testify In NYC Against Assisted Suicide Bill

Press Release: NY Disability Advocates Testify Against Assisted Suicide Bill

For Immediate Release                             Contacts:  Anita Cameron 720-413-9064 April 23, 2018                                                                     Diane Coleman 708-420-0539 (Albany, NY) Disability rights advocates will testify at … Continue reading Press Release: NY Disability Advocates Testify Against Assisted Suicide Bill

Disability Rights Groups Applaud NY Court of Appeals Assisted Suicide Ruling

Contacts: Diane Coleman 708-420-0539 dcoleman@notdeadyet.org Adam Prizio 518-320-7100 (office) 603-518-4910 (cell) aprizio@cdrnys.org  For Immediate Release: Disability rights groups applaud today’s New York Court of Appeals unanimous ruling announcing that “we reject plaintiffs’ argument that an individual has a fundamental constitutional right to aid-in-dying . . . . We also reject plaintiffs’ assertion that the State’s prohibition on assisted suicide … Continue reading Disability Rights Groups Applaud NY Court of Appeals Assisted Suicide Ruling

NY Court of Appeals Rally – Two Photos and Coverage

NDY activists from across the state rallied Tuesday, May 30th on a cold and rainy afternoon outside the New York Court of Appeals. The friend-of-the-court brief filed by NDY and joined by ten other national and state Disability Rights Amici was mentioned twice during oral argument in the case, favorably, by counsel for the Attorney … Continue reading NY Court of Appeals Rally – Two Photos and Coverage