We were glad to see reality make an appearance at the recent City Council Criminal Justice Committee hearing on the ill-conceived plan to shutter Rikers Island and build new jails ...

NY judge halts ICE plan at Rikers Island amid lawsuit. Mayor Adams defended the move, citing gang and drug investigations.

A New York judge has ordered city officials to temporarily halt discussions with the Trump administration allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex ...

A state Supreme Court judge has temporarily blocked Mayor Eric Adams' administration from allowing U.S. Immigration and ...

This temporary restraining order delays the feds from moving onto the island at least until a Friday hearing, a pause agreed ...

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

Council attorneys argue that in inviting immigration enforcers the mayor violated conflict of interest laws that bar public ...

Federal immigration officials will have a permanent office on New York City's notorious Rikers Island prison under a ...

(The Center Square) — Federal immigration officials will have a permanent office on New York City’s notorious Rikers Island prison under a directive from the Adams administration, which says ...

ICE will return to Rikers for gang and terrorism probes under a new executive order, sparking controversy over ties to Adams' dropped charges.

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.