Once vibrant man with ALS speaks out about suffering, wish for New York to allow him life-ending medication: ‘A slow kill’
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Believing he qualified, Moffett wanted to be the first in the state to use it, and hoped to employ it on Aug. 1, his 67th birthday.
Instead, the measure — which was first introduced by former Staten Island state Sen. Diane Savino in 2015, and counts present Staten Island state Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton as its current prime co-sponsor — failed to advance for the fifth-straight legislative session. No iteration of the bill has ever been brought to the state Senate or Assembly floors for a vote.
