Sen. Stavisky meets with members of the Familial Dysautonom​​ia Foundation

Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky meets with Dysautonomia Foundation Executive Director David Brenner and Familial Dysautonomia patients at the Capitol in Albany.  She received a plaque in recognition of her efforts to help raise awareness and promote support for familial dysautonomia treatment, research and screening.  Familial dysautonomia is a genetic neurological disease present at birth in primarily Ashkenazi Jewish babies.  She also sponsored a resolution making Feb. 28 Familial Dysautonomia Day in New York.