May. 12, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Almost anyone who works in a group home in New York will say that it is a labor of love. They do it for the smiles they get from bringing their developmentally disabled clients out for a sparkly manicure or whipping up their favorite meals at night. They…
May. 8, 2025 By Victoria Schneps Five decades removed from the decree that brought to an end the horrors of the Willowbrook State School on Staten Island, and the war to ensure the rights of all developmentally disabled Americans to dignified care rages on. Without question, we are in a far better place than…
May. 4, 2025 By Claude Solnik More than 500 former residents, relatives, people with disabilities, advocates, officials and others marked the 50th anniversary of the signing of a document that led to the closure of the infamous Willowbrook State School and ushered in a new era. They gathered on Friday, May 2 at the…
Apr. 7, 2023 By Aliya Schneider A state comptroller audit found that people in group homes during the pandemic were put “at risk” in New York City and throughout the state. The state comptroller audit, which was released Thursday, found that during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the emergency management coordination from…
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