New York’s Catholic bishops praised Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to opt New York into a new federal scholarship tax credit program that will allow taxpayers to receive a federal credit for donations to nonprofit scholarship-granting organizations that help families pay for education-related expenses.
A new federal tax credit could transform Catholic school affordability in New York — but Gov. Kathy Hochul must decide whether the state will opt in.
With Gov. Kathy Hochul acknowledging she has yet to decide on how she will act on assisted suicide legislation that passed the state legislature in June, Bishop Robert Brennan is calling on Catholics to make their voices heard.
Of the 16 New York state senators with districts in the Diocese of Brooklyn, eight are co-sponsors of Medical Aid In Dying Act. They call it “death with dignity,” but Father Morty O’Shea disagrees.
The New York Senate has voted to legalize medically assisted suicide, a move that one Catholic bioethicist told OSV News marked “a dark day” for the state’s residents, and the act will now head to Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.
The New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide has said it has obtained information that the New York State Senate may vote on an assisted suicide bill on June 9, and as such has rescheduled a demonstration in Albany for that same day.
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New York is now the first state to offer paid leave to expectant mothers for prenatal medical appointments.
New York State Democrats are doubling down on bolstering abortion rights in the state after the controversial leak of a document from the U.S. Supreme Court on the Roe v. Wade decision. Two of New York state’s most powerful women are raising the ante on abortion funding to the tune of $85 million.
