‘Aid in dying’ bill heads to Hochul

The New York Senate passed a bill Monday night on a 35-27 vote that would allow terminally ill people to end their lives with the help of a physician, shifting the focus to whether Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign it.

The vote brings New York closer to becoming just the 12th state with such a law on the books.

The measure was backed by the New York State Bar Association, whose 55,000-member attorney group will lend “support and advocacy in encouraging the governor to sign it into law,” New York State Bar Association President Kathleen Sweet said in a statement. ...