I escaped the Willowbrook State School. There, I experienced torture and abuse alongside thousands of other people with ...

In on the ground floor of suburban high school girls flag football, Willowbrook co-head coaches Rachel Karos and Nick ...

Fifty years ago this month, the legacy of Willowbrook State School sparked the National Disability Rights Movement. During the 1970s, journalists exposed the horrific treatment of children and ...

I recall vividly Robert Kennedy’s “expose” of Willowbrook State School. I do want to comment that all was not negative there. My late husband, the Rev. John R. Heller, was chaplain there ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– More than fifty years ago, the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island was exposed for its horrific treatment of those with developmental disabilities by investigative ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Advocates for the developmentally disabled gathered Friday at the College of Staten Island to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Willowbrook Consent Decree, a monumental ...

Geraldo Rivera, award-winning journalist whose reporting helped lead to the closure of Willowbrook State School, speaks at the College of Staten Island on May 2. He is pictured with advocate ...

For families like mine and for thousands of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) across New York State, Medicaid is far more than a government program — it is a lifeline.

No. 2-ranked defending state champion Wheaton co-op was going to have its work cut out if it was going to topple No.1 Glenbard West Saturday afternoon at the second annual IHSGCA boys state ...