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Federal Judge Finds New York State Discriminated Against Mentally Ill

September 10, 2009 by

The New York Times reports: “New York State discriminated against thousands of mentally ill people in New York City by leaving them in privately run adult homes, which effectively replaced state-run psychiatric hospitals more than a generation ago but turned out to be little more than institutions themselves, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.” “The judge, Nicholas G.