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June 10, 2026
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May 11, 2026
Statement on Governor Hochul Announcing She Intends to Opt in to Federal Scholarship Tax Credit
Statement by Dennis Poust, executive director of the New York State Catholic Conference, on behalf of Archbishop Ronald Hicks and the Catholic Bishops of New York State.
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January 21, 2026
NYS Concedes Catholic Plaintiffs Are Not Subject to Abortion Mandate
Statement by Dennis Poust, executive director of the New York State Catholic Conference, on NYS conceding in the abortion mandate case.
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December 17, 2025
NYS Bishops’ Statement on Gov. Hochul’s Plan to Sign Assisted Suicide Bill
Statement by Timothy Cardinal Dolan and the Bishops of New York State on Governor Hochul’s announcement that she will sign the physician-assisted suicide bill passed earlier this year by the legislature.
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December 12, 2025
Assisted Suicide Advocates Admit They’ll Push for Expansion Once Bill is Signed by Governor Hochul
Statement responding to assisted suicide advocates pledging to expand the law once enacted.
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October 8, 2025
Statement on Pending Assisted Suicide Legislation
Statement from Robert J. Bellafiore, a spokesman for the New York State Catholic Conference, regarding the physician-assisted suicide bill awaiting Executive action.
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October 8, 2025
NYSCC Urges New Yorkers to Tell Congress to Pass Religious Workforce Protection Act
NYS Catholic Conference asks NYers to write to Congress urging them to pass bill to keep foreign-born priests and religious workers in US (Religious Workforce Protection Act)
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April 30, 2025
Statement on NYS Assembly Passage of State-Sanctioned Suicide Bill
Following is a statement by Dennis Poust, executive director of the NYS Catholic Conference following the state Assembly’s passage on April 29 of the state-sanctioned suicide bill known as the Medical Aid in Dying Act by a vote of 81-67.
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April 29, 2025
Statement on the State-Sanctioned Suicide Bill (Medical Aid in Dying)
Statement from Robert Bellafiore, spokesman for the NYS Catholic Conference, on the state-sanctioned suicide bill, also known euphemistically as “medical aid in dying”.
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April 24, 2025
Declaración de los Obispos Católicos del Estado de Nueva York sobre el “Proyecto de ley de suicidio asistido autorizado por el estado”
Declaración de los Obispos Católicos del Estado de Nueva York sobre el “Proyecto de ley de suicidio asistido autorizado por el estado” (State-Sanctioned Suicide Bill).
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January 23, 2025
Statement on the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)
Following is a statement by James Cultrara, director for education for the New York State Catholic Conference, on the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA), which is federal legislation that would create an income tax credit for donations to scholarship-granting organizations which aid families with children in religious and independent schools.
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