Governor Nelson Rockefeller has announced that a new institute for basic research in mental retardation, believed to be the first of its kind in the world, will be established adjacent to the Willowbrook State School on Staten Island, on lands owned by New York State. The NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MENTAL DEFICIENCY will be an independent facility where a number of scientific disciplines working in the same locality can carry out research from different points of view, using various techniques, but all primarily focused on the basic problem of mental deficiency. The Institute will have its own director and staff and will be in a position to establish close work relationships with medical schools in New York City.