Until a court ruling, the city is prohibited from furthering any agreement to let Immigration and Customs Enforcement back ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has lost another round in his efforts to allow federal agents to open an office on Rikers ...

The ruling comes after the City Council sued the Adams administration to block federal immigration authorities from accessing the island.

The New York City Council was accused of fear-mongering in their fight to stop ICE on Rikers Island, an attorney for the Mayors’ office said in court Friday. The Adams’ administration’s ...

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

The City Council is considering spending $1.1 million on a measure aimed at speeding up the closing of Rikers Island — a bid Mayor Eric Adams’ office slammed as a “redundant, bureaucratic ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...

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.

After meeting with President Trump’s border czar, Mayor Eric Adams supported allowing U.S. immigration authorities to reopen offices at Rikers Island. By Luis Ferré-Sadurní A state judge ...

A 27-year-old man held on Rikers Island died Monday night, bringing the total number of jail-linked deaths there to five in 2025. According to the New York City Department of Correction account ...