The National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights reports that on September 8, 2009, a Federal District Court Judge ruled that New York was violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in not providing services to those with mental illnesses in the most integrated settings possible.  The DAI v. Paterson lawsuit, filed by the Disability Advocates, Inc. sought alternative home residences for those with mental disabilities who were being warehoused in  private “adult homes” that lacked inadequate support and rehabilitative services.

http://www.rollbackcampaign.org/press-center/article.271168-Disability_Groups_Win_Landmark_Case_Affirming_Rights_of_People_with_Mental