“Now is the time for strong leadership by all present and future office holders in this city to close Rikers as soon as ...

The New York City Council recently filed a lawsuit to stop Mayor Eric Adams’ executive order allowing U.S. Immigration and ...

Disgraced ex-Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein filed an emergency request Wednesday to be sent to Bellevue Hospital from ...

The City Council is considering spending $1.1 million on a measure aimed at speeding up the closing of Rikers Island — a bid ...

The hearing comes less than a month after an independent commission found officials won’t meet the 2027 deadline to close the ...

The executive order, issued late Thursday night, will immediately allow immigration officials to reopen offices on the island ...

New York City lawmakers are suing to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the ...

Inside his cell on Rikers Island, Brian Croskey spends hours every day drawing elaborate artwork to free his mind.

Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry said the Adams administration’s plan to allow ICE to operate an office on Rikers ...

Detainees on Rikers Island have continued to struggle to get access to the jail complex’s law libraries, a new report from the Department of Correction’s (DOC) oversight body found.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, along with agents from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland ...

The Adams administration said late Tuesday that it will soon allow federal immigration agents onto Rikers Island, a move critics say could violate New York City’s sanctuary city laws.