NY J01334

Requests Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 14, 2026, as Donor Day in New York State, coinciding with National Donor Day

National Donor Day was established in 1998 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to raise awareness for organ, eye, tissue, marrow, platelet, and blood donation

More than 9,000 New Yorkers are currently on organ waiting lists, and over 400 New Yorkers died last year waiting for an organ transplant

One organ donor can save up to eight lives, while one tissue donor can improve 12 or more lives through donations of corneas, bone, skin, heart valves, and other tissues

Approximately 40% of organ and tissue donations come from living donors who can donate kidneys, partial livers, lungs, or pancreas