This morning, three families settled a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court alleging abuse of disabled residents in a State-run group home in the Bronx. The lawsuit revealed years of shocking abuse and neglect in the Bronx home, (…) Read more

On July 5, 2017, federal judge Paul A. Engelmayer denied motions brought by several New York State employees to dismiss a lawsuit filed by ECBAWM on behalf of family members of three developmentally disabled adults (…) Read more

Three families have formally requested that Darcel Clark, the District Attorney for Bronx County, open a formal criminal investigation into the abuse of disabled residents at Union Avenue IRA, a group home run by New (…) Read more

The New York Times TV series The Weekly is featuring the “Bronx Zoo” disability abuse case, ECBAWM client L.K., and ECBAWM partner Ilann Maazel. The case recently settled for $6 million and injunctive relief. More (…) Read more

This morning, three families filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court alleging severe and pervasive abuse of disabled residents in a New York State group home called the Union Avenue IRA.  According to New York (…) Read more