When individuals began moving into Willowbrook in 1947, the school had a maximum capacity of 4,000 residents. By 1965, more than 6,000 residents were living at the school.

Willowbrook High School 2020 graduation sign in Villa Park. John Starks/[email protected] Willowbrook players celebrate after they take the lead late in the fourth quarter of play against ...

In 1971, Staten Island Advance reporter Jane Kurtin and photographer Eric Aerts first broke the story of the squalid conditions and deplorable abuse taking place at the Willowbrook State School ...

Revisiting Willowbrook. Clip: Season 2023 Episode 40 | 6m 47s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Discover the shocking story of Willowbrook State School and Geraldo Rivera's exposé.

Diane Buglioli, a former Willowbrook employee and founder of A Very Special Place, which employs 600 and provides services to nearly 2,000 disabled individuals, said advocacy mattered then and ...

The new Willowbrook Mile on the College of Staten Island campus is a place to learn from an ugly history and to build on the progress. 50 years ago, the world got a glimpse inside the walls of an ...

Explore Willowbrook's dark legacy and its impact 50 years later. Explore the haunting legacy of Willowbrook State School, 50 years after Geraldo Rivera's exposé. This episode reflects on its ...