New York State discriminated against thousands of mentally ill people in New York City by leaving them in privately run adult homes, many of which are squalid, chaotic institutions that effectively took the place of state-run psychiatric hospitals more than a generation ago, a federal judge ruled in a decision released on Tuesday.
Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis, of United States District Court in Brooklyn, ruled that the state was violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by housing more than 4,300 mentally ill people in New York City in sprawling and often poorly run homes. He said the residents in these homes were essentially warehoused with little hope of mingling with others in the wider community…….
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