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Nassau, Suffolk removing disabled from Pa. facility

Quick ReadNassau and Suffolk officials are removing their residents with special needs from a Pennsylvania care facility that has been the site of the deaths of two autistic Long Island men.

Woods Service campus in Langhorne, Pa. Buildings line

Photo credit: Bucks County Courier Times | Woods Service campus in Langhorne, Pa. Buildings line the street inside to Woods Services campus in Langhorne, Pa.

Nassau and Suffolk officials are removing their residents with special needs from a Pennsylvania care facility that has been the site of the deaths of two autistic Long Island men.

The Nassau Department of Social Services confirmed that it is searching for new homes for two of the people whom the agency placed at Woods Services in Langhorne, Pa.

A third Nassau resident was removed from...

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