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HEARD v. CUOMO

150 Misc.2d 257 (1991)

John Heard et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Mario M. Cuomo, as Governor of the State of New York, et al., Defendants. Michael Koskinas et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Jo I. Boufford, as President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

February 26, 1991

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Melveny & Myers (Robert M. Hayes of counsel), and Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (Alisa Shudofsky, Jay Greenfield and Ellen M. Moskowitz of counsel), for plaintiffs. Victor A. Kovner, Corporation Counsel (George Gutwirth and Masako C. Shiono of counsel), for Jo I. Boufford and others, defendants. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Arnold Fleischer of counsel), for Mario M. Cuomo and others, defendants.

EDWARD H. LEHNER, J.

After trial the court finds that the success of in-patient care and treatment given to mentally ill persons is in large part dependent on their being able after discharge to reside in stable housing with available supportive services. A discharge to the street, to a congregate public shelter, or to a "flop house" would not constitute effective "rehabilitation" required to be given to such...

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