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Media Coverage

Date Type Title Description
1978-05-26 ACCORD ON MENTAL-PATIENT HOMES Coverage of site selection law
1981-03-08 STATE PANEL ASSAILS MANAGEMENT OF A SCHOOL FOR RETARDED Coverage of CQC report on Greenwood Rehabilitation Center
1981-07-17 PATIENTS' DEATHS TIED TO THE HEAT ARE INVESTIGATED Coverage of CQC investigation into heat related deaths
1982-02-28 REPORT ON A DEATH FAULTS S.I. MENTAL CENTER Coverage of CQC investigation into a restraint death at South Beach PC
1982-06-20 STATE SPENDING ON MENTALLY ILL IN CENTERS IS TERMED INFLATED Coverage of CQC report on Deficit funding
1982-08-29 STATE RESIDENCES FOR RETARDED FOUND INFERIOR AND EXPENSIVE Coverage of CQC study of OMRDD residences
1982-11-15 NO MORE WAREHOUSES FOR THE MENTALLY ILL Letter re budget problems and staffing
1983-03-08 COURT LIFTS BAN ON GROUP HOME FOR THE RETARDED Court ruling overturning the use of restrictive covenants to bar group homes
1983-03-13 BABY-SITTING' OF MENTALLY ILL IS TERMED COSTLY Coverage of CQC report
1983-09-25 INQUIRY CRITICIZES MENTAL HOSPITALS Coverage of CQC report on use of psychotropic medications at six PCs
1984-03-18 MORE FUNDS FOR HOME CARE OF RETARDED URGED Coverage of report on family support services
1984-10-14 GROUP HOME PROBLEMS CITED Coverage of CQC report of problems at the Niagara County ARC facilties
1986-04-09 PROGRAM SEEKS TO SPEED MEDICAL AID FOR RETARDED Coverage of Surrogate Decision-Making" program
1986-04-10 NEW SYSTEM DESIGNED TO HELP IN CARING FOR THE MENTALLY DISABLED Coverage of SDMC program
1986-04-22 FAMILY STILL BITTER AFTER PROBE OF TROY SUICIDE Coverage of CQC investigation of a death
1986-05-15 PSYCHIATRIC CENTER CLEANLINESS SCORED Coverage of CQC report on living conditions
1986-05-28 STATE SURROGATE PANEL DECIDES FIRST CASE Coverage of SDMC program
1986-07-26 PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS' IDLENESS HIT Report on patient inactivity in psychiatric hospitals
1986-08-03 PANEL SAYS 'FERRY SLASHER' CASE MISHANDLED REPORT CRITICIZES HOSPITAL'S PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES Covereage of CQC investigation of the Staten Island ferry slasher
1986-09-17 MENTAL PATIENTS FACE DRUG, ALCOHOL ABUSE AGENCY: ILL NEED MORE TREATMENT Report on MICA patients
1986-09-17 REPORT: MANY MENTAL PATIENTS IN NEED OF DRUG TREATMENT Coverage of CQC report on Mentally Ill Chemical Abusers
1986-12-25 MENTALLY ILL Comments on the implications of easing commitment standards
1987-02-02 DOCTORS FAULTED IN PATIENT DEATH AT STATE CENTER CQC investigation of death at Manhattan PC
1987-04-10 AT PSYCHIATRIC CENTERS PANEL URGES BETTER STATE MANAGEMENT Coverage of report on living consitions in state psychiatric centers
1987-06-09 MENTAL HEALTH HEAD IS LEAVING "HOT SEAT" Coverage of Steve Katz resignation
1987-06-16 HOSPITAL CITED FOR VIOLATING PATIENTS' RIGHTS Violation of patients rights re consent to research at Creedmoor PC
1987-09-03 CHRONIC CRISIS' IS CITED IN CARE FOR MENTALLY ILL Coverage of CQC work on overcrowding in emergency rooms
1987-09-23 MENTAL DISABILITY PROGRAM REFORM URGED Coverage of CQC hearings
1987-12-01 CHILD ABUSE FOUND HIGH IN NEW YORK MENTAL CENTERS Coverage of CQC report on child abuse in residential facilities
1987-12-01 ABUSE RATE HIGH IN STATE FACILITIES Coverage of CQC report on child abuse in residential facilities
1988-01-11 PANEL SPEEDS MEDICAL CARE FOR INCOMPETENT Coverage of CQC SDMC program
1988-03-09 SYSTEM 'CHAOTIC' AFTER-CARE RATED LAX FOR MENTAL PATIENTS Coverage of legislative testimony on patient leaves without consent and discharge planning
1988-04-10 CROWDING CITED IN MENTAL WARDS Coverage of a CQC report on overcrowding in psychiatric hospitals
1988-04-10 MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN A STATE OF 'CHAOS' Coverage of CQC report on discharged patients
1988-04-12 7,000 A YEAR ESCAPE MENTAL HOSPITALS Coverage of CQC report on leaves without consent
1988-07-29 MENTAL OUTPATIENT SUICIDES EXAMINED REPORT CITES A LACK OF SUPPORT News coverage of report on ourpatient suicides
1988-07-31 PANEL URGES EFFORTS TO CUT SUICIDES BY THE MENTALLY ILL Coverage of report on outpatient suicides
1988-12-06 MAJOR PROBLEMS UNCOVERED IN 15% OF GROUP HOMES FOR MENTALLY IL L Coverage of CQC report on Mental Health community residences
1989-01-20 SEX CLUB' FOUND AT MENTAL UNIT Coverage of CQC investigation of Western New York Children's Psyhiatric Center
1989-01-29 INQUIRIES CONCLUDE 'SEX CLUB' AT CHILDREN'S CENTER WAD ABERRATION Coverage of CQC investigation of Western New York Children's Psyhiatric Center
1989-06-26 SYSTEM FAULTED IN DEATH Coverage of CQC death investigation of Francia Helms
1989-07-03 DELMAR ATTORNEY NAMED TO PANEL Appointment to ABA Commission on the Mentally Disabled
1989-07-20 OUTPATIENT PROGRAM CRITICIZED IN REPORT Coverage of report on outpatient mental health services
1989-07-26 2 STATE OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS AUDITED
1989-12-24 MEDICAID STUNG FOR $1.4 MILLION REPORT BLAMES MENTAL HEALTH OFFICE FOR LAX OVERSIGHT Coverage of CQC report on NYPCC fiscal abuse
1990-03-04 GIRL'S DEATH IN YOUTH HOME SPURS CALL FOR RESTRUCTURING Coverage of aCQC death investigation
1990-05-24 DEATH AMONG THE DISTURBED: WERE POLICE INATTENTIVE? Coverage of deaths at Leben Home
1990-08-06 NEGLECT FOUND IN RESIDENCE FOR THE DISABLED Coverage of CQC Adult Home report
1990-08-06 STATE INSPECTORS FIND SEVERE NEGLECT IN ADULT GROUP HOMES Coverage of CQC report on adult homes
1990-10-17 AGENCY REPORTS LITTLE OVERSIGHT OF ADULT HOMES CQC report ON Fiscal proactices of adult homes
1991-02-21 TASK FORCE TO MAKE LIFESAVING PROVISIONS FOR MENTALLY RETARDED Coverage of CQC report on transporatiion of the disabled following deaths
1991-03-20 STATE STUDY CONCLUSIONS 2 PERCENT OF INMATES MENTALLY DISABLED Coverage of CQC report on Developmentally disabled inmates
1991-06-04 SERVICE AWARD PRESENTED BY LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
1992-01-15 DON'T PULL THE PLUG ON N.Y. MENTAL HEALTH
1992-10-20 OFFICIAL URGES LINK OF NURSING HOME COST, PAY
1992-11-29 PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS FAULTED ON MEDICATION OF CHILDREN Coverage of CQC report on use of medications with children
1993-03-14 STATE ACCUSED OF NEGLECTING DISTURBED KIDS Coverage of CQC report on children in institutions
1993-04-29 FOLLOW-UP CARE FOR MENTAL PATIENTS IS CRITICIZED Coverage of Discharge planning report & incentive payments
1993-09-05 IN AMERICA; MENTAL HEALTH FAILURES News coverage of CQC report on discharge planning
1993-12-14 LAPSES IN OVERSIGHT FOUND IN RESIDENCES FOR DISABLED Coverage of CQC investigation of the death of Joan Stalker
1994-07-07 ABUSE FOUND IN CENTER FOR RETARDED Coverage of CQC report on financial abuse Community Living Alternative
1994-09-22 AGENCY FINDS VARYING USE OF RESTRAINTS IN PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES REPORT CRITICIZES STATE OFFICE FOR INADEQUATE MONITORING OF PRIVATE PSYCHIATRIC WARDS Coverage of CQC report on use of restraints and seclusion
1995-01-19 PATAKI PLANS TIGHTER SECURITY AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS Coverage of escapes and a subway killing
1996-11-15 2 ACCUSED OF STEALING FUNDS AT QUEENS HOME FOR RETARDED New coverage of CLA arrests and QCPI investigation
1999-05-30 TREATMENT? OR CONFINEMENT?GOVERNOR, LEGISLATURE SEARCH FOR BEST WAY TO HELP MENTALLY ILL Comment on expanding involuntary commitment
1999-11-14 EXPERTS SAY STATE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM DEFIES EASY REPAIR Coverage of State reponse to reforms in the wake of Kendra Webdale's death
2001-04-18 BROKEN HOME/A SPECIAL REPORT.; FOR MENTALLY ILL, CHAOS IN AN INTENDED REFUGE Coverage of the Leben Home for Adults & CQC reports
2002-05-19 STATE FAILS IN ITS DUTY TO THE MENTALLY ILL Op ed about adult home conditions
2005-09-28 HELPING ILL KIDS IS PASSION, CAREER Report on visit to orphanages in Turkey
2006-07-16 UNLEARN SHOCKING BEHAVIORS Op ed re use/misuse of aversives
2007-03-25 REAL REFORM ADDRESSES ROOT OF ABUSE Comment on the Jonathan Carey case and the need to change institutional child abuse laws
2010-01-25 WHERE HAS WATCHDOG GONE? Comment on CQC inaction
2011-03-12 USED AND ABUSED: AT STATE -RUN HOMES, ABUSE AND IMPUNITY NYT Series on OPWDD group homes
2011-10-13 CUOMO SAYS HE WILL REFORM AGENCIES SERVING DISABLED Report on my presentation at a cabinet meeting
2011-10-13 ACTING TO CLOSE GAPS IN SAFETY Officials report on efforts to improve reporting abuse in care system
2012-05-06 CUOMO SEEKING NEW AGENCY TO POLICE CARE OF DISABLED Coverage of creation of the Justice Center
2012-06-18 JUSTICE CENTER ON TRACK Watchdog agency designed to protect state residents with disabilities is set for approval this week
2012-06-19 JUSTICE CENTER ON TRACK Coverage of Justice Center legislation
2012-06-24 AND JUSTICE FOR ALL IN N.Y. Describes legislation creating the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs
2019-04-26 SPEAKER ADVOCATES FOR SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Coverage of a speech at the University of Maine in Presque Isle
2020-01-22 USCIS APPLICATION FEES MAY RISE, WHILE SOME CAPITAL REGION IMMIGRANTS ALREADY STRUGGLE TO PAY Delmar lawyer creates fund in response to 21% spike in 2016. Now it might happen again
2020-04-03 DIRECT CARE WORKERS DESERVE COMBAT PAY
2023-07-05 JUSTICE FOR ALL: A CYCLE OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT Nearly 40 years before reporting in 2011 by the New York Times prompted a re-examination of the care for people with special needs, the state underwent a similar phase of introspection and reform. On the first installment of the “Justice for All” series, we highlight this four decades of history, including New York’s response to the failings at the Willowbrook school, the creation of an advocate, and a report intended to transform care for the most vulnerable New Yorkers.
2023-07-12 JUSTICE FOR ALL: A NEW SHERIFF IN On the second installment of the “Justice for All” series, we highlight the work undertaken by the Justice Center over the last decade, including their approach to investigations, role in bringing prosecutions and preventing future abuse.
2023-07-19 JUSTICE FOR ALL: UNFINISHED BUSINESS A 2012 report examining the state’s care for people with special needs offered a holistic series of recommendations on how to improve the quality of supervision and supports for vulnerable New Yorkers, but the reaction from state policymakers at the time – and since – has largely ignored the broader conversation about the human services system. On the third installment of the “Justice for All” series, we focus primarily on the workforce providing care to more than 1 million New Yorkers with special needs. We also examine the independence of the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs and consider how abuse and neglect is reported.