Still, the school remained open. NY State Court More room in prison During the College of Staten Island’s 21st annual Willowbrook memorial lecture in 2014, Diane Buglioli, a former Willowbrook ...

An idyllic-looking postcard from the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island. Image from the New York Public Library via Wikimedia Commons It was Rivera’s report that forced the public to ...

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 Bernard Carabello.

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 injected into patients and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The terrible Willowbrook State School, the 1970s poster child for inhumane treatment of handicapped citizens, does not haunt the College of Staten Island's Willowbrook ...

Fifty years ago this month, the legacy of Willowbrook State School sparked ... of children and adults who lived at the state school on Staten Island. Outraged parents became activists determined ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fred's a survivor of the notorious Willowbrook State School, an institution on Staten Island for people with disabilities. In 1972, local news reports brought national attention to the schools ...