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06/19 - 08/21
JAMPACT Annual School Supplies and Toy Drive

07/08 - 07/29
Danisarte Advanced Playwriting

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Photographs from the Outside

07/29
Collaborative Advocacy Network Meeting

07/29
Rising to Meet the Challenges: The Role of the Non-Profit and Public Sectors in Uncertain Times

07/30
Various Home Care Options with Medicaid

07/31
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07/31
Art on the Waterfront

07/31
Resumes & Cover Letters, Free Workshop

07/31
Safe Harbors of the Hudson's 4th Annual Ann Street Market

Putting spotlight on former Willowbrook State School PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 16 March 2010 13:50

Nearly four decades after Willowbrook State School was mandated shut by the state for the warehousing and inhumane treatment of developmentally disabled children and adults, New York is showcasing a new Web site about the infamous place amid questions about its timing.  A spokeswoman for the state's Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD) said its launch of the site last week is not linked to the 38-year-old class action lawsuit, which is still in the courts, brought on behalf of the 6,000 people living at the sprawling facility on March 17, 1972 when the suit was filed.  See more in the Staten Island Advance.


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