A unique exhibit at the Von King Cultural Arts Center in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood is shining a spotlight on ...

A first-of-its-kind exhibit in Brooklyn features works of art made by people in custody at Rikers Island. CBS News New York's ...

A lawsuit brought by the New York City Council accuses Mayor Eric Adams of entering into a 'corrupt quid pro quo bargain' ...

A NY 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.

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 ...

Nine jurors were picked Wednesday on the second day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein's #MeToo rape retrial.

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

Detainees on Rikers Island have continued to struggle to get access to the jail complex’s law libraries, a new report from ...

(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 ...

The same week, a non-renewed, non-transformed Rikers Island reported its fifth inmate death of the year: Dashawn Jenkins, 27, who died of a ruptured appendix after days of obvious symptoms that jail ...

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.