With April in full swing, it is important to remember its significance as ‘National Donate Life Month.’ Since I first stepped on the Assembly floor in 2011, raising awareness about organ donation has been a very personal issue to me and one of my top legislative priorities. One of the most important statistics I share regularly is that one person who donates at the time of their death can save up to eight lives and impact the lives of 75 others.

According to Donate Life New York State, we have a 53% enrollment rate while the national average is 64%. As a state, we have the third-greatest need for organs, but one of the worst donor enrollment rates in the nation.

Over 8,000 New Yorkers are on the waiting list for a transplant, and nearly 800 of those........

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