DeBello's parents dropped her off at Willowbrook, where she lived until she was 19 years old. DeBello says her mother was always very open about her formative years at the New York school.

The early years Young patients sleep, curled up in carts, in Building #29 at Willowbrook State School, Staten Island, New York, January 1972. The facility that would later become the Willowbrook ...

York Community High School and Willowbrook High School aren`t in the ... Another addition was made in 1976, with a new library and offices for guidance counselors as well as special education ...

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 ...

A TENACIOUS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER BY THE NAME OF GERALDO RIVERA SHED LIGHT ON AN ATROCITY THAT WAS HAPPENING FOR DECADES IN NEW YORK STATE. THAT WAS THE WILLOWBROOK STATE SCHOOL ON STATEN ISLAND.

Soon after the world learned of the atrocities that occurred inside Willowbrook State School, widespread public outrage prompted the New York Civil Liberties Union to file a class-action lawsuit ...

“This existed in New York City. It wasn’t in Siberia ... Victoria Schneps picketed over deplorable conditions at Willowbrook State School, where her daughter Lara had been under care.

22 at "Willowbrook State School: How a Lawsuit Closed the Gates ... Thousands," a panel hosted by the Historical Society of the New York Courts featuring attorneys who have worked on the case.

Willowbrook, which finally shuttered in 1987, remains one of the most glaring examples of a failed system of state accountability for the care of developmentally disabled people in New York.

Ann Nehrbauer remembers her son, a resident of Willowbrook State School in the 1970s. She is being honored for her work as a disability advocate. News Sports Rockland Westchester Food Advertise ...