It was here that one of the most notorious institutions in the world was located: Willowbrook State School. An idyllic-looking ... to life in 1988, with the now 77-year-old serving time at The ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Mid-Island neighborhood of Willowbrook, like many other neighborhoods on the Island, was once all farmland, with a brook running through the area, hence the name ...

The Consent Decree did not immediately close Willowbrook State School, but rather recognized that people with developmental disabilities had a constitutional right to be protected against harm and ...

I KNOW NOW THAT HE MATTERED DEEPLY. LIKE DEBORAH, JOSE RIVERA ALSO HAD A BROTHER AT THE WILLOWBROOK STATE SCHOOL. JOSE HAS CONTINUED ... THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE IN A DECENT ENVIRONMENT.

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 ...

THAT WAS THE WILLOWBROOK STATE SCHOOL ON STATEN ISLAND ... TO TALK ABOUT EMPLOYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. RIGHT NOW, IN NEW YORK STATE, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, IF YOU ARE DISABLED ...

The exposure of horrifying conditions at Willowbrook State School led to a landmark court ... that each individual had a “constitutional right to protection from harm.” But that vow has ...