ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul has said she knows it is a "very weighty decision on me."

It, in this case, is a decision on whether to sign or veto a bill that could make New York the 12th state to approve what supporters call "medical aid in dying" and opponents call "physician-assisted suicide."

It may not be the biggest or most immediate dilemma on the governor’s desk, given the ongoing federal government shutdown, the potential loss of food-benefit assistance to children and the needy, and the potential cancellation of energy projects.

But it might be the toughest personal decision Hochul faces among the hundreds of bills she must sign or veto by year’s end. And it’s been the subject of a passionate letter-writing and lobbying campaign by people on either side of the issue.

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