One Flew Over the Cukoo's Group Home

Once upon a time in New York City a man named Geraldo Rivera campaigned to get the mentally ill out of state run psychiatric institutions. As a result, many of the mentally ill came to be 'warehoused' in private homes, costing the State of New York a small fortune.

Today Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis ruled that the State is discriminating against the mentally ill by not giving them the opportunity to receive services in the most integrated settings appropriate to their needs. Living in so-called 'group homes' will not allow them to mingle in the community.

Disability Advocates (which brought the suit against the State) had argued that many people in adult homes could be better served by living in their own apartments, at no greater expense to the State.

Part of the problem was that in these 'adult homes' there were untrained workers and gaps in supervision.

So I have a question.

How are the mentally ill going to be supervised in their own apartments?

Mental illness is not funny, as no disease is amusing. However, when the mentally ill mingle in the community they sometimes do things that someone suffering with a disease like cancer, doesn't.

Like pushing people in front of subway trains, for instance.

Sounds to me like we are liable to have even more mentally disturbed individuals unsupervised and roaming the City than there are now.