director of Willowbrook State School, announced that the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene authorized him to fill 598 vacancies created at the institution since the state-imposed job ...

Though Goodman’s daughter Margaret is still alive, and Rivera’s brother Louis died years after leaving Willowbrook; some lost family members while the institution was still operating.

If you're fascinated by stories of abandoned and rundown hospitals or asylums, this one will surely stick with you. The story of Willowbrook State School, the institution that held thousands of ...

I MEAN, WHEN WILLOWBROOK WAS FIRST OPENED IN THE '40S, IT DIDN'T START OUT AS THIS AWFUL INSTITUTION. THEY REALLY-- IT WAS REALLY TOUTED AS A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ...

Explore the dark history of Willowbrook State School and Geraldo Rivera's groundbreaking exposé. Learn about the shocking conditions, the closure of the institution, and the ongoing advocacy for ...

WILLOWBROOK, Staten Island (WABC ... Fifty years ago, the world got a glimpse inside the walls of an institution that was called a school. It was anything but that. Children and adults with ...

Willowbrook State School was the largest institution in the world for people with disabilities. When Geraldo Rivera’s ‘TV Expose’ revealed the inner workings of the institution to a national ...

the August 1972 concert the couple organized and headlined to benefit the children of Staten Island’s Willowbrook institution. The Madison Square Garden show’s original camerawork is intimate ...