The disgraced producer has complained volubly about his treatment in jail on Rikers Island. Advocates for detainees say any ...

Attorneys for Harvey Weinstein on Wednesday filed an emergency petition asking the court to permit him to be housed at ...

In November, Manhattan Federal Court Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain, overseeing a class action that led to the creation of a federal monitor in 2015, found the city in contempt of numerous court ...

The bond parties argue that they are due the multi-billion-dollar fee from PREPA in addition to bond pricipal and interest.

Manhattan federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain further cited skyrocketing stabbing numbers and prisoner injury data as a reasons for a possible federal monitor to be installed at Rikers Island.

NEW YORK CITY — New York City was found in civil contempt by a judge on Wednesday over the conditions on Rikers Island, setting up a possible federal takeover. Judge Laura Taylor Swain — in a ...

The bombshell ruling from Manhattan Federal Court Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain found that the city has failed to implement 18 sweeping reforms NYC agreed to enact under the 2015 Nunez federal ...

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ruled that the city had placed detainees in “unconstitutional danger” by neglecting 18 court-ordered reforms addressing security, staffing, use of force ...

So that’s where we are. So I think that this is all up to Judge (Laura Taylor) Swain. I know her a little. I think she’s a very good judge, and I think she’ll have to decide how she wants to create a ...