Audit finds NY mental health agency may be failing to protect disabled children
By Ali Hibbs Albany, N.Y. — An audit of mental care facilities run or licensed by New York's Office of Mental Health has found poor compliance with a 2007 law meant to protect young patients. In February 2007, a 13-year-old non-verbal autistic and developmentally disabled boy named Jonathan Carey died while in the care of a New York state facility operated by the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental