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ALBANY — Kingsboro Psychiatric Center in Brooklyn improperly discharged patients — including one who was ditched on a street corner — and then tried to cover it up, a state report found.
The state’s plan to redevelop the Kingsboro Psychiatric Center site in East Flatbush is set to get underway early next year, but local residents are hoping their concerns will be heard before any ...
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center (photo: New York State Office of Mental Health) The death toll from the novel coronavirus at state psychiatric facilities is rising, according to what scant official ...
The Kingsboro Psychiatric Center site in East Flatbush will be redeveloped as part of the state’s Vital Brooklyn initiative, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced over the weekend, with the centerpiece being a ...
Police say they found a patient strangled inside the Kingsboro Psychiatric Center. Police say 28-year-old patient Shakim Devega was found unconscious inside the center around 11:45 p.m. Tuesday.
The state's sex offender website shows Devega was convicted in 2019 of sexually abusing a 6-year-old boy. He was sentenced to 42 months in state prison and was staying at the outpatient center.
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center workers demand their bosses get fired due to bullying, nepotism. The workers' union, the Public Employee Federation, hosted a rally outside of the facility Wednesday.
Shakim Devega, 28, was found dead in a possible homicide at the Kingsboro Psychiatric Center this week, cops said. Gregory P. Mango A high-risk sex offender died at a Brooklyn psychiatric facility ...
The state's sex offender website shows Devega was convicted in 2019 of sexually abusing a 6-year-old boy. He was sentenced to 42 months in state prison and was staying at the outpatient center.
The workers' union, the Public Employee Federation, hosted a rally outside of the facility Wednesday. The site is operated by New York state.
Police have charged 33-year-old Tysheen Ashby with the murder of another patient inside the Kingsboro Psychiatric Center.