Along with NYS Funeral Directors Association President James P. Nolan, Jr. (3rd from right), the following individuals joined NYSFDA to support S.2003/A.2003: At the podium, NYS Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer (D-Queens), Assembly bill sponsor, along with (l-r): NYS Senator Guy Velella (R-Bronx), Senate bill sponsor; John Eadie, NY StateWide Senior Action Council’s Public Policy Advocate; NYS Assemblyman Gary Finch (R-Springport); David Hodgkins, AARP-NYS Executive Council; Nolan; Mike Widzowski, Past President of the Senior Action Council; and, Greg Olsen, Executive Director, NYS Coalition for the Aging. David Haskell, President of the Empire State Funeral Directors Association, is hidden from view behind Pheffer.