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.

Murphy, deputy director here at Willowbrook, from another ranking official in the institution. “The letter informed Murphy that Alan had been in seclusion for over a year and that his condition ...

WHEN WILLOWBROOK WAS FIRST OPENED IN THE 40S, IT DIDN'T START OUT AS THIS AWFUL INSTITUTION. IT WAS REALLY TOUTED AS STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...