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

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

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

The lawsuit accuses Mayor Eric Adams of facilitating an executive order last week to bring back ICE in exchange for the Trump administration having his federal corruption case dismissed.

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 ...

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

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are asking a judge to allow the ailing ex-studio boss to spend his nights at a New York City ...

Detainees on Rikers Island have continued to struggle to get ... They provide detainees and inmates with basic resources for legal research, notary services, photocopying services, typing services ...