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 ...

A New York judge has ordered Mayor Eric Adams to temporarily halt a program to have immigration agents operate in the city's infamous Rikers Island jail. Judge Mary Rosado has barred the city from ...

One of his art pieces, “Black Flower,” dedicated to his sister, is now on display at the Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant, hanging alongside the works of fellow Rikers ...

the moral imperative to close Rikers Island remains as urgent as ever,” said Nurse, who is also the co-chair of the council’s Progressive Caucus, noting at least five inmates have died at the ...