It's the Brian Lera Show on WNYC.

Good Monday morning, everyone.

Thanks to Bridget Bergen for filling in on Friday.

And to all you moms out there, a belated happy Mother's Day, hope you have the

Mother's Day that you deserve. Coming up on the show today, Mark Hertzgard, he's usually on as

Environment Correspondent for the Nation magazine, some of you know that name, but this time he'll tell

us about his experience of being wounded himself in a Mother's Day mass shooting. It was 11 years ago yesterday,

and he'll talk about the new book that it inspired, Mark Hartsgard, in a very different role

than usual coming up later today. Also, one of the things left on the New York State Legislature's

plate before they adjourn for the year next month

to decide whether to pass the Medical Aid in Dying Act. Activists for the cause call it

death with dignity. They reject the name it's often been known by, physician-assisted suicide.

We'll hear why that is. And some major endorsements that are new this year from the New York

State Medical Society, the main doctors organization that represents 20,000 physicians in New York

State, and the New York State Bar Association, which of course represents lawyers.

The Catholic Church is one main opponent.

Some disability rights activists are also opponents. We'll see if this might be

the year the Medical Aid in Dying Act passes in Albany after a number of years of being introduced

and failing. We'll invite your stories and your opinions as well. Patients, doctors, loved ones of

people who have passed. That's all coming up later this hour.

And at the end of the show, some advice for doing things with friends or family when one of you

has a lot more money to spend than the other. Have you ever been in that situation on one side or

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