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A minor irony of this often exhilarating documentary is that it partially chronicles ... Geraldo Rivera’s harrowing 1972 account of the awful conditions at Staten Island’s Willowbrook State School for ...
If you're the groundhog-forecast believing type, Staten Island Chuck has a prediction for you. New York's favorite forecasting rodent did not see his shadow and has declared an early spring.
The Ramada Inn in Willowbrook, Staten Island was converted to emergency housing for asylum seekers in May. GoogleMaps Police are investigating who had access to the room where the meth was found.
NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — A judge Tuesday sided with Staten Island lawmakers ... to help pay the tab for some 206 facilities to house asylum seekers in all five boroughs. “Listen to the mayor ...
NEW YORK-- Angry Staten Island officials stepped up their battle to have the city close the asylum seeker shelter at a former Catholic school. Officials behind the numerous protests over the ...
NEW YORK -- There was a major turn of events Friday in a legal battle on Staten Island. Asylum seekers that were kicked out of a shelter were later allowed to stay. That prompted protesters to ...
The City University of New York’s College of Staten Island sits on historic grounds. Before 1987, the campus was the Willowbrook State Development ... Journal entitled “It’s Time to Bring Back Asylums ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The vacant Richard H. Hungerford School in Clifton is expected to accept asylum seekers as early ... The Ramada Inn in Willowbrook and the former Staten Island Motor ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) –More than 50 years ago, the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island was exposed for its horrific treatment of those with developmental disabilities. The documentary ...
NEW YORK (WABC) -- It's been 50 years since the WABC-TV documentary that blew the cover off of the horrible living conditions of disabled children and adults at a facility on Staten Island called ...
Plus, Geraldo Rivera joins Up Close 50 years after the release of the groundbreaking documentary 'Willowbrook,' which uncovered the horrific conditions at the institution on Staten Island for ...