He entered politics as a
Democrat. On February 14, 1974, he was elected to the
New York State Senate, to fill the vacancy caused by the election of
Nicholas Ferraro as D.A. of Queens County. Moore was re-elected in November 1974, and remained in the Senate until his death in 1976, sitting in the
180th and
181st New York State Legislatures. He died on January 18, 1976, at his home in
Jackson Heights, Queens, of a
heart attack. ==References==