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 ...

In 1972, ABC aired an exposé on the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island ... reporter named Geraldo Rivera took a camera crew inside the institution, and gave the country a firsthand ...

Lennon and Ono caught a segment from then WABC‐TV news reporter Geraldo Rivera on Staten Island’s Willowbrook State School, and the horrifying conditions for the intellectually disabled ...

In 1972, 29-year-old journalist Geraldo Rivera filmed an expose revealing the atrocities inside Willowbrook School, a state-supported institution on Staten Island for people with intellectual and ...

The One to One concerts to benefit the Willowbrook State School were born of Ono’s maternal grief. She and Lennon were watching a television exposé hosted by Geraldo Rivera that revealed the ...

HINSDALE – Willowbrook senior Amelie Ojeda was building off her breakthrough 2023 girls cross country season with even more training and success on the track. Practicing inside after the ... Nov. 2 by ...

An all-state contender, Clune has improved significantly from 118th at state in 2023. ”I was always confident in track and always thought of myself as a middle distance runner,” Clune said.

Henry sent me an email recalling the “deplorable conditions” he endured inside an infamous state institution: “Most of my experience at Willowbrook was constant neglect. The school was ...

You have no idea what was inside. No idea ... who was placed in Willowbrook State School at, at the age of five. That's how families tried to monitor the care because we weren't allowed to ...