(New York had standing to sue in parens patriae for violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1985 on behalf of individuals with mental disabilities); New York by Vacco v. Mid Hudson Med. Grp., P.C., 877 F. Supp. 143, 146 (S.D.N.Y. 1995) (collecting cases), and by statute, see, e.g., 15 U.S.C. § 6504(a)(1); 15 U.S.C

9 (1976) 10 Nixon v. Warner Corn:wins, Inc., 435 U.S. 589 (1978) 10 Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court, 464 U.S. 501 (1984) 10 Savitt v. Vacco, No. 95-CV-1842(RSP/DRH), 1996 WL 663888 (N.D.N.Y. Nov. 8, 1996) 7 Schiller v. City of New York, No. 04 CIV. 792I(ICMK), 2006 WL 2788256 (S.D.N.Y

the Constitution commands that no State shall "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Const. Amend. XIV, § 1; Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. U.S. 793, 799 (1997)(citations omittedXholding that New York's prohibition on assisting suicide did not violate Equal Protection