By Hurubie Meko Advocates for closing Rikers Island, New York City’s sprawling 400-acre complex of notoriously dangerous and violent jails, have found an unlikely champion in Harvey Weinstein.

The entrance to Rikers Island in Queens. (Barry Williams for New York Daily News) Before Mastro issued the long-awaited executive order this month, other top officials in Adams’ administration ...

On April 1, the New York City Council made its counteroffer to Mayor Eric Adams’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. One of the council’s added items is $3 million for a “comprehensive ...

The New York City Council is suing the Adams administration to stop it from returning the Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the Rikers Island jail complex, from which the agency was banned ...

as his pleas to get out of the "hell hole" he calls Rikers Island were granted by the judge. The former Hollywood power broker will be transferred from the infamous New York City lockup to ...

The City Council is considering spending $1.1 million on a measure aimed at speeding up the closing of Rikers Island — a bid Mayor Eric Adams’ office slammed as a “redundant, bureaucratic ...

Judge Temporarily Blocks NYC Mayor From Allowing ICE Agents on Rikers Island Jail NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has ordered city officials to temporarily halt a plan allowing federal ...