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

Manhattan Judge Mary Rosado issued the temporary restraining order at the request of the City Council, which sued to block ...

The disgraced producer has complained volubly about his treatment in jail on Rikers Island. Advocates for detainees say any ...

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.

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

A judge is temporarily blocking the Adams administration from allowing ICE back onto Rikers Island, according to a temporary ...

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 ...

Detainees on Rikers Island have continued to struggle to get access to the jail complex’s law libraries ... They provide detainees and inmates with basic resources for legal research, notary ...