In killing the Grieving Families Act, Hochul raised concerns that allowing emotional loss damages would increase insurance ...

The “Grieving Families Act” has passed New York’s Assembly and Senate and was forwarded to Governor Kathy Hochul on December 1, 2025.

Hochul also vetoed legislation that would have created a new consumer advocate for dealing with utilities and signed one to ...

Kathy Hochul vetoed the Grieving Families Act for the fourth consecutive year, dashing the hopes of advocates for patients’ ...

New York awaits Governor Hochul’s decision on the Grieving Families Act, a reform that would modernize wrongful death laws ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul slammed lawmakers for sending her the same wrongful death bill four times, saying her veto shouldn’t shock anyone, according to State of Politics. She rejected the Grieving Families ...

Governor Hochul has vetoed the bipartisan-supported Grieving Families Act, which would allow families to seek damages for ...

With only a month left in the year, Hochul has about 250 bills that await her action, including the 93 currently on her desk.

A lawyers group asserted NY's Grieving Families Act would "recognize the value of every life and the grief and anguish left behind when that life is taken." The NY Grieving Families Act would allow ...

With the year winding down, Gov. Kathy Hochul has begun working her way through hundreds of bills approved by state lawmakers ...

A lawyers group asserted NY's Grieving Families Act would "recognize the value of every life and the grief and anguish left behind when that life is taken." The NY Grieving Families Act would allow ...