As New York City’s troubled jail complex tries to improve its food, the people who cook there see a higher mission.

With every contract City Hall signs for new jails to replace Rikers, the completion date gets further and further away.

Harvey Weinstein begged to go on trial earlier than planned, saying he isn't sure he will survive long enough in the "hell ...

City lawyers argued the current jail commissioner was best suited for the job. The notion was met with no small amount of ...

Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein told a judge he "won't be there" for his upcoming retrial if he remains at Rikers Island.

Renderings show the new Manhattan Detention Center, a 16-story jail set to rise in Chinatown as part of the city's plan to ...

For his service to people on Rikers Island, Officer J. Martin of the city Department of Correction was recognized for Martin ...

Weinstein was quick to call out Rikers Island, where he is in custody, saying he wasn't sure he would live until the spring while inside the "hell hole" jail complex, which sits near LaGuardia Airport ...

Calling Rikers a “stain on this city,” Weinstein, 72, said he was advocating on behalf of all detainees at the jail.

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein begged a judge Wednesday to hold his #MeToo retrial as soon as possible, telling him “I ...

In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided ...

Weinstein claimed that just this morning, he was given the wrong pills, (which he happened to notice and didn’t take them).