prison. The only thing is, we didn't know when we would even get out. We thought we were going to die here," said Seth, 55.

"We weren't even treated like human beings," Slark added.

Both were admitted to the institution in the 1960s at the age of six and seven, as wards of the state. At 16, Seth was placed in a group home on the premises, where she remained until she was discharged at the age of 21.

"Talk about living in fear. It was horrible," she said.

Years later, she still suffers nightmares and struggles to deal with people in a position of authority, she said.

Several former residents and their relatives as well as former staff members are expected to testify at the trial, which is scheduled to take placeChurch announced they had leased the entire block to the Walt Disney Company for redevelopment. and that City Winery was to be evicted via a "demolition clause" in the lease. In January 2019 Dorf sued Trinity Church for $2m to recover his investment. On July 28, 2019 the New York Daily News published a lengthy op-ed by Dorf casting the story as a cautionary tale, but also mentioning a forthcoming move to a "sparkling new 32,000-square-foot City Winery at Pier 57 at Hudson River Park early next year.". The Varick St location closed on July 31, 2019. A New York Post story detailed the difficulties of moving "14 huge aluminum tanks and 350 wooden barrels filled with anywhere from 210 to 2,000 gallons of wine".

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