An idyllic-looking postcard from the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island. Image from the New ... Today, the site is home to the university’s department of Biological and Chemical Sciences.

McCollum of Yale University carried out experiments ... Mentally handicapped patients sleep in chairs at Willowbrook State School, Staten Island, New York, January 1972. After the appaling ...

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 ...

In the upcoming short narrative " ," a young pediatrician arrives at the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island in 1964 to begin his residency. He finds that the institution is taking part in a ...

at Willowbrook State School in Staten Island. In the 1960s, Bobby Kennedy called it a snake pit. In the ’70s, Geraldo Rivera exposed it as a real-life horror story. Tamsen Fadal speaks with ...

The former Willowbrook State School on Staten Island was once synonymous with patient abuse. The last patient moved out 40 years ago this year, and to mark that milestone, we're taking a look back ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND ... Boulevard in the Willowbrook section just after 7:40 a.m. Of the 11 injured, an infant was seriously hurt and two others were rushed to Staten Island University Hospital North ...

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.