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Tuesday, December 24, 2024
New York State Bar Outlines 2025 Legislative Priorities, Aiming for Fairness, Equity
Friday, December 20, 2024
Mayor Adams on Hearing the People and Other Matters
The Democrat mayor made the comments while speaking to Fox News's Martha MacCallum on Wednesday, in which he also discussed the illegal immigration crisis impacting the city.
The host asked Adams what he thought of President-elect Donald Trump's sweeping victory over Harris, in which he secured substantial support in the five NYC boroughs that have historically voted Democrat. McCollum inquired as to where the Democratic Party had gone wrong.
"We stopped speaking to people, we started speaking at people," Mayor Adams told McCollum. "Not hearing the people and you engaging in dialogue while individuals are fearful of affordability, losing their home, the future of their children, and you're having these intellectual conversations, and people are, like, saying, what the hell are you talking about?"
"I'm hurting and you're asking, 'Is Donald Trump Hitler or not?'" Adams said. "It's just not talking to the real needs of the people."
Monday, December 9, 2024
Daniel Penny Acquitted in Subway Chokehold Death
Friday, November 22, 2024
Diane Coleman, Fierce Foe of the Right-to-Die Movement, Dies at 71
Photos in linked article: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/
Her fight for disability rights included founding a group called Not Dead Yet, which protested the work of Dr. Jack Kevorkian and others.
By Clay Risen
Published Nov. 20, 2024, updated Nov. 21, 2024
Diane Coleman, a fierce advocate for disability rights who took on Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the right-to-die movement and the U.S. health care system, which she charged was responsible for devaluing the lives of Americans like her with physical and mental impairments, died on Nov. 1 at her home in
Rochester, N.Y. She was 71.
Thursday, November 14, 2024
More on Diane Coleman
Over the weekend, Diane Coleman [pictured right] of Not Dead Yet passed away. She was an icon in our movement and – personally – my mentor and friend.
When you met Diane, you immediately recognized that she was brilliant, with the rare exception of her vocational rehabilitation counselor. Her VR counselor apparently found Diane a job counting commercials, so she could work and wouldn’t even need to leave the house. Diane had other plans which meant moving to California and getting both a law degree (juris doctor) and a master’s in business administration. Armed with a JD/MBA, Diane worked for the California Department of Corporations as an attorney and volunteered her time for the disability rights and independent living movements. She served on the board of the Westside Center for Independent Living (now called Disability Community Resource Center) and used her vacation leave to participate in ADAPT actions which were focused at the time on securing access to public transportation. Diane was an ADAPT activist and organizer who – with Tom Olin and Lillibeth Narvarro – started the Los Angeles chapter of ADAPT in 1987.
Diane’s activist heart took her to (just outside) Nashville, Tennessee with Tom Olin, Carol Gill and Larry Voss. When she left her position in California, her coworkers sent her off with a gift of a bullhorn and handcuffs!
Friday, November 8, 2024
In Memory of Diane Coleman (Pictured Below)
https://www.newcomerrochester.com/obituaries/diane-coleman
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Foe of Drug Makers and Regulators, Is Poised to Wield New Power
“If R.F.K. has a significant influence on the next administration, that could further erode people’s willingness to get up to date with recommended vaccines,” Dr. Adams said. “I am worried about the impact that could have on our nation’s health, on our nation’s economy, on our global security.”
Monday, November 4, 2024
Diane Coleman, Leader of Not Dead Yet, has Died
It is very sad news to announce that the great Diane Coleman [pictured here] has died. Diane founded Not Dead Yet in 1996 and was the President and CEO of Not Dead Yet until her death. The fact that other Not Dead Yet organizations world-wide were founded in conjunction with Not Dead Yet in America proves that her activities had world-wide significance.
I have always had incredible respect for Diane's direction, understanding of the issues and her leadership skills. Diane led a group of people who differed greatly and yet she effectively enabled them to work together.
Not Dead Yet, under Diane's leadership, was the most effective organization in preventing the spread of assisted suicide in America.
Diane and Stephen Drake
Diane Coleman and Stephen Drake spoke at some of the earlier EPC [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition] conferences that Not Dead Yet co-sponsored.
Not Dead Yet [was] incredibly successful during the Massachusetts assisted suicide voter initiative in 2012, Diane worked with John Kelly to establish Second Thoughts Connecticut as the disability rights voice - voting NO on question 2. This decision was a decisive factor in the defeat of the assisted suicide voter initiative in 2012.
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Ex-Doctor Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Connection with Suicide of Upstate New York Woman
BY MICHAEL HILL
Updated 2:57 PM MDT, September3, 2024
KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — An 85-year-old former doctor from Arizona charged for his role in the suicide of a woman in an upstate New York motel room pleaded guilty to manslaughter Tuesday under an agreement that spares him from prison.
Stephen Miller, of Tucson, was arrested earlier this year on a charge of second-degree manslaughter under a provision of New York law that allows the charge for intentionally causing or aiding another person’s suicide.
Under a plea agreement, Miller was sentenced to five years of probation after his guilty plea in state court. His attorney said Miller is infirm and did not want to die in prison.
Friday, July 5, 2024
Not Dead Yet Comment on Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association’s Statement on “MAiD”
Friday, June 28, 2024
Anita Cameron: "Black People, Wake Up and Remember Our History"
Monday, June 10, 2024
Proposed Act Has Not Advanced Past Committee
The legislation has never advanced past the committee state in either the New York State Senate or Assembly.
Sunday, June 9, 2024
Letter to the Editor: Euphemisms Abound
To the Editor:
We wish to respond to Dr. Barry Perlman’s letter to the editor: “A vote for Medical Aid in Dying is not a vote for suicide” (May 28, 2024) He presents his case well. However, we take issue with his reasoning.
Euphemisms abound about this subject: physician-assisted suicide, death with dignity and physician-assisted dying. No matter how the concept is dressed up, it is suicide by the patient and murder by the doctor. Whoever else has been directly or indirectly involved in the demise of the patient are accessories.
S2245C/A995C, the [New York State] Medical Aid in Dying Act, must be voted down by our elected state senators and Assembly members. We can guarantee that in the future there will be abuses of this, regardless of limitations put in place in the legal package.
James D. Dooher
K. Theresa Dooher
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
New York Bar Association and Medical Society Ignore Dangers of Legalized Assisted Suicide
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) adopted a resolution in 2023 that supports the provisions of the assisted suicide bill before the legislature. This position is based on a report by its Task Force on Medical Aid in Dying. The report is extensive but seems more of defense of assisted suicide rather than a balanced inquiry into the myriad issues raised by its legalization.
During the summer last year, Not Dead Yet had learned of the NYSBA Task Force and requested an opportunity to speak to which the chair replied, “I'll be in touch a little later to settle on date for you to visit.” Sometime later, NDY inadvertently learned that David Leven, a leader in End of Life Choices New York, made a presentation to the Task Force. Rather than scheduling a comparable opportunity for opponents, the Task Force scheduled an open forum in November with a limited number of slots and did not notify the NY Alliance Against Assisted Suicide, a coalition of doctors, disability advocates and other opponents of assisted suicide laws. By the time word reached the Alliance, only three speaking slots remained available, the rest (over 20) taken by proponents. Later in December, another panel of prominent assisted suicide advocates presented to the Task Force but, once again, no expert panel from the opposition.