The horrors endured at the Willowbrook State School will never be forgotten. Built for developmentally disabled children and adults in the 1930s, the school became an institution where the borough ...

All of a sudden, it’s the political football of 2025. Dems are positive Elon Musk’s DOGE patrol will eviscerate it, while ...

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

the 18 years he spent as a child and young adult at the infamous Willowbrook State School, a now-defunct Staten Island institution for people with disabilities that gained notoriety for its ...

Abuse. Overcrowding. These are just a few of the atrocities behind the furtive walls of the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island from the early 1950s until the late 1970s. Hepatitis was ...

Explore the haunting legacy of Willowbrook State School, 50 years after Geraldo Rivera's exposé. This episode reflects on its impact, interviews survivors, and highlights progress toward a more ...

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 ...

A documentary reflecting on the closure and legacy of Willowbrook State School. The New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, in partnership with the New York State Digital and ...

Following national outrage after news reports exposed abusive and unsafe conditions at the Willowbrook State School in 1972, the federal law was passed to establish a system of independent ...