Until a court ruling, the city is prohibited from furthering any agreement to let Immigration and Customs Enforcement back ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has lost another round in his efforts to allow federal agents to open an office on Rikers ...

The ruling comes after the City Council sued the Adams administration to block federal immigration authorities from accessing the island.

By Hurubie Meko and Jan Ransom In the first three months of the year, five people have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York or shortly after being released from city custody ...

The New York City Council was accused of fear-mongering in their fight to stop ICE on Rikers Island, an attorney for the ...

A 27-year-old man held on Rikers Island died Monday night, bringing the total number of jail-linked deaths there to five in 2025. According to the New York City Department of Correction account ...

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams called Rikers Island a “death camp” Monday even as she admitted the troubled jail complex can’t shutter by 2027 — but still refused to say whether she ...

NEW YORK — A New York judge has ordered city officials to temporarily halt a plan allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex ahead of a hearing later ...

Dr. Quarles worked as part of the Clinical Team at Rikers Island Correctional Facility at the Robert N. Davoren Center (RNDC) for 17 years as the Associate Director of Mental Health. She opened ...