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Leake & Watts denies all claims in April death of Corey Foster

Corey Foster, 16, died April 18 while at

Photo credit: Faye Murman | Corey Foster, 16, died April 18 while at Leake & Watts, a youth treatment center in Yonkers. This photo was displayed during a news conference held by his family in Jamaica, Queens. (April 30, 2012)

The Yonkers residential treatment center where 16-year-old Corey Foster died after a confrontation with staff members on a basketball court has denied all the claims made against it in a lawsuit filed by Foster's family.

Foster died on April 18, 2012, after employees at the treatment center -- Leake & Watts -- attempted to subdue him. Foster's mother, Sheila Foster, filed a wrongful-death...

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