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Exploiting the Vulnerable: The Case of Hi-Li Manor Home for the Aged and Regulation by the NYS Department of Social Services. A two-year-long investigation by the Commission uncovered the diversion of millions of dollars in public funds intended for the care of mentally ill residents of a 125-bed adult home in Queens operated by the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) and licensed by the New York State Department of Social Services. The Administrator was fired and later convicted of several crimes. Note: Hi-Li later became Ocean House, and was once again accused by the Commission of fiscal abuse.