State of the Disunion

Springtime For Willowbrook: Eric Adams Thinks It Was A Mistake To Close This Hellhole


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Eric Adams is the NYC Mayor. He outraged people by saying “We made a big mistake when closing Willowbrook".

https://www.silive.com/news/2021/09/e...

I've never met anybody waxing nostalgic about Willowbrook.

Eric was born in 1960. Rivera's specials were done in the early 1970s. I'm not sure what preteen Eric knew at the time.

Here are links to both of the specials that Rivera did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpVEj...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N1lB...

I was involved in the second special.

People should watch the actual videos Rivera did and draw their own conclusions about Willowbrook.

The story of Willowbrook is a story about basic human rights and humanity in general.

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State of the DisunionBy Nicholas