Gothamist12d
Rikers Island jails won’t close by 2027 deadline, independent commission finds
A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.
Queens Daily Eagle10d
Days after commission issues plan to close Rikers, mayor charts his own path – with few details
Two days after a city-appointed commission unveiled a new plan to close Rikers Island, Mayor Eric Adams began to chart his ...
Brownstoner8d
City Jail Population Headed in Wrong Direction for Close-Rikers Plan
The population on Rikers Island has risen to 7,067 people this week, the highest total since 2019 — and almost twice as high ...
BKReader12d
Rikers Island Wont Close by 2027 Deadline, Report Says
An independent group looking into the dismantling of Rikers Island on Wednesday said the city's plan to close the jail ...
City & State New York7d
A timeline on the closure of Rikers Island
Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...
New York Post8d
As ‘Close Rikers’ grows ever more impossible, progressives insist ever harder on doing it
In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the reality-denying City Council refuses to admit it. The first of the ...
CBS News11d
NYC Mayor Eric Adams says 1 of 4 jails to replace Rikers will be a "state-of-the-art mental health facility"
The new facility will be part of the solution to closing Rikers Island. Adams has tapped his ... "It was a flawed plan previously, and we have to be honest about those 51% that are dealing with ...
PBS14d
Rikers Island
Federal judge will hear arguments on potential takeover of New York City’s troubled jail system A federal judge has agreed to begin a process that could wrest control of New York City's troubled ...