7,000 New Yorkers Need a Kidney. New Legislation Could Make it Easier to Donate.
Two bills to incentivize kidney donations could save hundreds of lives a year – but supporters say it’s tough to get the legislature to prioritize the issue.
Abie Rohrig · November 15, 2021

Mike Lollo, a kidney donor and former NYPD detective, with his surgeon, Dr. Anthony Watkins, at Weill Cornell Medicine. | National Kidney Donation Organization
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