9 deaths, no charges raise questions about oversight agency

Friday, May 20, 2016

MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Little more than names and incident numbers appear on a Long Island medical examiner's list of nine developmentally disabled people who died in state care since 2013, but this much is known for sure: All the deaths came under a cloud of abuse or neglect allegations, and none resulted in criminal charges.

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