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

A New York judge Monday blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from entering Rikers Island, setting up a ...

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

A New York state judge has prohibited New York City Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration agents from operating ...

A New York judge has ordered city officials to temporarily halt a plan allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex ahead of a hearing later this week.

He had been at Rikers since July. The Legal Aid Society is calling his death "a stark reminder of the ongoing human rights crisis unfolding at Rikers Island ... the troubled jail complex in ...

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 ...

ICE will be allowed to return to Rikers Island under a new executive order ... immigration officials to reopen offices on the jail complex — fulfilling a demand of President Trump’s ...

New York City is allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to return to its Rikers Island prison following recent demands placed on Mayor Eric Adams by the Trump administration.

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

The City Council is considering spending $1.1 million on a measure aimed at speeding up the closing of Rikers Island — a bid ... transition from the troubled jail system to new borough-based ...

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