The push to legalize life-ending medication in NY

Plus: Fashion's biggest night ... was at the library [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [A push to legalize life-ending medication for terminally ill New Yorkers]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☀️ Sunny, highs in the upper 70s. It's Tuesday in New York City, where advocates have spent the past nine years urging the state to allow terminally ill patients over the age of 18 to seek prescribed medication to end their life. Here's why [they're optimistic that a bill could finally pass](. And here's what else is happening: - Emerging details about the NYPD's response to recent protests on college campuses have led some police oversight advocates to question if the department has actually changed the way it approaches such demonstrations, as [it was legally required to do]( after the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement. - New York City is [releasing hundreds of additional appointments]( for residents wanting to sign up for a municipal ID card after months of complaints that slots were too difficult to secure. - A new report indicates that [merging certain New York City public schools]( would be an effective way to combat segregation and fulfill a mandate to lower class sizes. - Many psychiatric patients at New York City’s public hospitals are cooped up during their stays [with no opportunity to go outside]( according to a state watchdog agency. - New Jersey lawmakers have moved closer to passing a bill requiring employers to better protect workers from dangerous heat, a move that would have big implications for the state's [farming and warehouse industries](. - City Hall said Mayor Eric Adams will travel to Rome on Thursday for a conference that will include [a meeting with the Pope](. - Gov. Kathy Hochul [has apologized]( for saying "we have young Black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word 'computer' is" at a conference in California. - Harvey Weinstein has been moved from Bellevue Hospital's floor where Rikers Island detainees are usually held and [is now in a VIP room with a TV](. - Revel electric scooters are no longer for rent on city streets but [you can buy them on Facebook Marketplace]( — at your own risk. - Multiple [pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested]( outside the Met Gala last night. - Curbed did some sleuthing and figured out who bought Joan Didion's Upper East Side apartment: [A cofounder of Chelsea Piers](. (A source said he bought it for one of his daughters to live in.) - Here's the story of how a zebra named Sugar [slipped out the back of a trailer on a Seattle highway]( escaped into the woods, found a barn, and for five days grew close to a horse named Razzle Dazzle. - Amtrak's [New York City-to-the-Berkshires]( train is coming back this summer. - Zoomers are giving PowerPoint presentations [at their parties](. - Have some time for a game? [Play]( our mini local news crossword. - Sign up for reminders when we publish new games [here](. [“He really wanted me to shoot him. I didn’t feel like I could do that.”]( - Barbara Thomas, an advocate for [LIFE-ENDING MEDICATION FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS]( on her husband's painful last 15 months with cancer More from Gothamist [second image]( [Forget the Met Gala. For these New Yorkers, fashion's biggest night is at the library]( On the first Sunday in May, the Brooklyn Public Library hosts the free People’s Ball, billed as a "celebration of fashion, personal style and inclusivity." [Little Island announces 4 months of free summer shows and events]( There will be nine world premieres throughout the season, which opens on June 1 with "How Long Blues," a full-length work by legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp, in collaboration with Grammy-award winning composer, instrumentalist and producer T Bone Burnett. [We Rely On Your Support]( [Columbia cancels main graduation ceremony after campus protests]( Many students said they were disappointed their families wouldn’t be able to see them in their caps and gowns at the large ceremony, which is typically held on the same lawn that the protesters' tents and pro-Palestinian signs recently covered. [WNYC will cohost New Jersey Senate Democratic primary debate on May 13]( Candidates Patricia Campos-Medina, Larry Hamm and Rep. Andy Kim will face off in a debate moderated by WNYC's Michael Hill. The event begins at 6 p.m., with video livestreamed at wnyc.org. [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [New York Public Radio] [WNYC]( | [WQXR]( | [NJPR]( | [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( | [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 [TERMS OF USE]( You can update your [PREFERENCES]( or [UNSUBSCRIBE]( from this list.