MELILLO CTR. v. DENISE B.


3 Misc.3d 730 (2004)

777 N.Y.S.2d 830

ANGELO J. MELILLO CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH, Petitioner, v. DENISE B., Respondent. ANGELO J. MELILLO CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH, Petitioner, v. DIANA C., Respondent.

District Court of Nassau County, First District.

March 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stein & Schonfeld, Garden City (Robert Schonfeld of counsel), for petitioner.

Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc., Hempstead (Jane Reinhardt of counsel), for respondents.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JOEL K. ASARCH, J.

Each year, tens of thousands of people find themselves homeless. Estimates in New York City indicate that over 100,000 people experience homelessness during the course of a year, a large percentage of whom have chronic mental illnesses.1 In Nassau County, statistics from 1991 indicated that there existed 15,000 to 20,000 homeless individuals,...

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