The lawsuit further alleges that the executive order was part of the “corrupt” quid pro quo made by Adams to get his criminal ...

In March, the Independent Rikers Commission, of which I am a proud member, released an updated blueprint to close Rikers Island ... was to pass the buck for these failures.

Members of the city council and activists are pushing back on criticism of the plan to close Rikers Island— and build four smaller jails. The project is billions ...

The City Council sued Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday in an effort to block his office’s executive order allowing federal immigration authorities to re-establish a presence at the Rikers Island jail ...

“Executive Order 50 is a blank check,” the lawsuit concluded. “Its ostensible limitations are a farce written in erasable ink. Once ICE re-establishes a presence on Rikers Island, it will ...

Allowing federal agencies to open an office on Rikers Island is unlawful, says the City Council lawsuit. "Executive Order 50 ...

NEW YORK — New York City lawmakers are suing to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by ...

The Adams administration is making good on a promise to allow federal immigration agents to open an office on Rikers Island to coordinate investigations of international terrorist groups involved ...

FILE - The Rikers Island jail complex stands in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) (Seth Wenig ...