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.

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

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 ...

Nine jurors were picked Wednesday on the second day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein's #MeToo rape retrial.

Harvey Weinstein, 73, appeared in court in New York City on Wednesday as his lawyers argued for him to be moved from Rikers Island prison to a medical facility ...

As nine jurors were picked on the second day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo rape retrial in New York, his ...

Weinstein's lawyers filed a legal claim against the city in November, alleging he was receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic conditions at Rikers. The claim, which seeks $5 million in ...

“Now is the time for strong leadership by all present and future office holders in this city to close Rikers as soon as ...

Geoffrey Peters, 45, pleaded no contest Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and received a deferred five-year sentence.