Description

This report is on a review of unreported sexual assaults and sexual abuse among mentally retarded adult residents at Bernard Fineson Developmental Center (BFDC) in Queens which prompted the State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD) to issue new guidelines regarding sexual activity among such residents. The investigation by the Commission revealed a breakdown in the facility's supervision of residents and in the handling of serious incidents of sexual assaults and sexual abuse which jeopardized residents' safety.