Wake Up NY

IMPORTANT message for my fellow New Yorkers:

After advocates fought for 10 long years, the NY Legislature passed a bill earlier this year giving people who are terminally ill the right to end their lives with dignity - the Medical Aid in Dying Act - a right people already have in 11 other states, Washington, DC, and several other countries. But now we need Governor Hochul to sign the bill Into law!

There’s a sign-on letter we’re circulating for individuals, organizations, officials, etc. The letter gives more detail about the issue so I won’t add to the length of this post. It would also be particularly helpful to have people who have a public presence - who are also New Yorkers - to sign the letter. So if you support this measure, please sign it using the link below and also share this post/the link with other New Yorkers. Thank you!

Medical Aid in Dying Act Sign On Letter Please complete this form to sign an open letter urging Governor Hochul to sign the Medical Aid in Dying Act (A136/S138) into law. Access an updated version of the letter HERE. The linked version of the letter will be updated regularly with the names of supporters who have completed this form.

Please read this petition to Governor Kathy Hochul if you’re a New Yorker who cares about the climate crisis and the near-weekly disasters it’s causing throughout the state. Then sign on. Thanks!

New Yorkers: Make Polluters Pay! Climate change has already caused extraordinary harm in New York. Last summer alone, wildfire smoke blanketed skies and record flooding filled the city subways. The New York Public Interest Research Group put out a report detailing the need for $1.8 billion taxpayer dollars a year for climate projec...

Please take a look at this petition and consider adding your name to it if you think Big Oil companies should help us pay for the damages caused by climate change and all the resiliency projects we need to protect ourselves in the future!

New Yorkers: Make Polluters Pay! Climate change has already caused extraordinary harm in New York. Last summer alone, wildfire smoke blanketed skies and record flooding filled the city subways. The New York Public Interest Research Group put out a report detailing the need for $1.8 billion taxpayer dollars a year for climate projec...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cheerios-quaker-oats-infertility-chemicals-in-cereal-ewg/

Pesticide linked to reproductive issues found in Cheerios, Quaker Oats and other oat-based foods Study detected chlormequat in 92% of oat-based foods in U.S., raising concerns about its impact on public health.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/27/roundup-monsanto-bayer-cancer-claim/

Bayer ordered to pay $2.25 billion after jury links herbicide Roundup to cancer John McKivison, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, sued Monsanto, the producer of Roundup. Bayer, Monsanto’s parent company, said it would appeal.

If you think that Big Oil -- and not taxpayers -- should help NYS pay for all the resiliency projects needed and the public health costs incurred because of the climate change they are in large part responsible for, please send this message to Governor Kathy Hochul:

Support the Climate Change Superfund Act Send a holiday message to Governor Hochul and urge her to protect New York State taxpayers from climate catastrophe costs by including the Climate Change Superfund Act (S.2129A/A.3351A) in her 2024 Executive Budget! New York must address climate crisis costs by putting fiscal fairness and environmen...

https://www.ehn.org/monsanto-attacks-scientists-2659429119.html

Editorial: SUNY-Albany must stop doing Monsanto's work Monsanto, hamstrung for years by researcher David Carpenter's testimony, gets help from his university to silence him.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/21/supreme-court-roundup-bayer-cancer/

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Roundup maker over cancer claims The decision by the justices not to intervene has implications for thousands of similar lawsuits against the company Bayer.

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/17/glyphosate-roundup-weed-killer-bayer

US must re-examine risks of glyphosate, key Roundup weed-killer ingredient Appeals says EPA did not adequately consider whether glyphosate causes cancer and threatens endangered species

https://www.ehn.org/roundup-rejected-2654606549.html

Court upholds Roundup trial loss Bayer slammed for 'reckless disregard' of consumer safety