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.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, along with agents from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland ...

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.

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams called Rikers Island a “death camp” Monday even as she admitted the troubled jail complex ...

Five inmates have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in the last six weeks, officials say. At least 38 people have died since New York City Mayor Eric Adams assumed office in 2022.

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 — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers asked a judge on Wednesday to allow the ailing ex-studio boss to spend his nights at a ...

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 ...

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