ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul, fast approaching a deadline to sign or veto a bill some call "Medical Aid in Dying," has floated several conditions before making her decision.

The Democratic governor has suggested tweaking the bill with some amendments as a possible precursor to signing it. These include having a person videotape the request for suicide-assisting drugs, requiring a psychiatric evaluation, adding a seven-day waiting period between requesting and receiving the drugs, and delaying the start date of the statute by a year, according to a source familiar with the discussions. WNYC/Gothamist first reported the amendments.

Those conditions aren’t making advocates happy, nor mollifying opponents who refer to the bill as "physician-assisted suicide."

The Medical Aid in Dying Act wou

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