By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Chelsia Rose Marcius For years, a handful of federal immigration agents worked out of a trailer office at the jail complex on Rikers Island in New York City.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been cleared to reestablish a presence on Rikers Island, per an executive order handed down by the Adams administration.

The Adams administration has opened the doors for ICE to return to troubled Rikers Island — fulfilling a demand of the Trump administration. The executive order, issued late Tuesday night ...

The Adams administration unloaded on a Brooklyn lawmaker who championed the closure of Rikers Island then complained about the construction of a new borough-based jail in his own district.

The Rikers Island jail complex, on a hard-to-reach island in the East River, has long suffered from rampant disorder and neglect and faces a possible federal takeover. The order authorizes ICE’s ...

The City Council empowered itself Thursday to sue Mayor Adams over his decision to let ICE agents operate on Rikers Island, arguing the move is “the poisonous fruit” of a deal he has been ...

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams’ office issued an executive order late Tuesday allowing ICE agents to operate on Rikers Island — a move sought by President Donald Trump’s administration that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams ' administration is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at Rikers Island to work on gang and drug-related criminal investigations in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams ' administration is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at Rikers Island to work on gang and drug-related criminal investigations in the ...