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

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

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 New York City Council filed a lawsuit Tuesday trying to stop the Adams administration's move allowing Immigration and ...

The New York City Council filed a lawsuit Tuesday trying to stop the Adams administration's move allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate on Rikers Island. First Deputy Mayor Randy ...

The hearing comes less than a month after an independent commission found officials won’t meet the 2027 deadline to close the ...

A lawsuit argues that an executive order that City Hall issued last week is “part of a corrupt quid pro quo bargain” between Mayor Eric Adams of New York ... at the Rikers Island jail complex ...

The threat of legal action comes just two days after the Adams administration signed an executive order authorizing the U.S.

Closing Rikers Island and investing in evidence-backed, community-based solutions will make New York City a true leader in safety and justice. Rikers is a stain; with strong mayoral leadership and ...

New York City Council members and advocates rallied Wednesday ahead of a hearing to determine a path forward to close Rikers ...

The City Council empowered itself Thursday to sue Mayor Adams over his decision to let ICE agents operate on Rikers Island ... (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News) Speaker Adams, who’s running ...