In 2019, at the height of progressive influence in New York, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city council voted to close the Rikers Island jail complex and demolish ... hold the population of those ...

Federal immigration officials had been barred from the New York City jail complex. The mayor says they can return, but only ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- ICE agents are returning to Rikers Island to coordinate detaining inmates from city criminal cases, under ...

A former corrections officer from Westchester County who admitted to smuggling drugs into Rikers Island in exchange for ...

ICE will be allowed to return to Rikers Island under a new executive order — that Mayor Eric Adams opted not to sign himself.

The lawsuit accuses Adams of entering into a “corrupt bargain” to allow federal agents on Rikers in return for getting his ...

New York City is allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to return to its Rikers Island prison following recent ... activity among individuals both inside and outside of custody.

For the first time in a decade, ICE is returning to Rokers Island following an executive order from New York City First ...

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams plans to sue the mayor for sanctuary law violations. She was joined at the rally by other ...

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration released a long-awaited executive order late Tuesday giving federal immigration authorities ...

The Adams administration says the move will support law enforcement efforts. Critics say it sets a concerning precedent.