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

“Now is the time for strong leadership by all present and future office holders in this city to close Rikers as soon as ...

A lawsuit argues that an executive order that City Hall issued last week is “part of a corrupt quid pro quo bargain” between ...

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

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.

The Adams administration said late Tuesday that it will soon allow federal immigration agents onto Rikers Island ... an office within the secluded jail complex, where they’ll be able to conduct ...

Detainees on Rikers Island have continued to struggle to get access to the jail complex’s law libraries, a new report from the Department of Correction’s (DOC) oversight body found.

The New York City Council is suing Mayor Eric Adams over his executive order allowing federal immigration officials to return to Rikers Island. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, accuses the mayor of ...

FILE - The Rikers Island jail complex stands in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) (Seth Wenig ...