Today, 26,000 live in 4,746 community residences scattered across the state.

New York is only now beginning to build community residences in large numbers.

Why should people not oppose the establishment of a community residence in their neighborhood?

Faye was well enough to be out of a state hospital and in a community residence.

The state said it would move the residents to smaller community residences.

"A decade ago, there were no community residences," he said.

We hope in the future a community residence will be made available to her.

The state is several years into a 10-year effort to create thousands of additional beds in community residences for former mental patients.

At the same time, they plan to increase the number of community residences for chronic mental patients.

A bed in an adult community residence costs the state $15,995 a year.