Three prisoners representing a class of at least 400 say they are subject to inhumane treatment in violation of the New ...

An Astoria, Queens, pastry shop that got international attention in 2024 when it distributed cookies to inmates at Rikers Island of Pope Francis, is keeping up the tradition with Pope Leo cookies.

Mayor Eric Adams continued to stray from the city’s current plan to shutter Rikers Island on Tuesday, suggesting that he ...

As of now, the city law, passed in 2019 under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, mandates that Rikers be closed by 2027 and replaced by borough-based jails. Adams has been slammed for “abandoning” the plan.

More than 20 years later, Patricia Clarkson is recounting her unfortunate experience with Harvey Weinstein. The Oscar nominee ...

In an effort to close Rikers Island by 2027, the city launched a project that would build smaller jails in four boroughs to ...

Washington’s now-abandoned McNeil Island Corrections Center was a federal penitentiary for over 100 years. Could the federal ...

Mayor Adams’ office said Tuesday that his team has looked into the possibility of building a mental health facility instead ...

Andrew Cuomo has released a plan to address what he calls the city’s “mental health crisis,” laying out a blueprint for a ...

The family of Justin Diaz expressed outrage that his accused killer was ordered released from Rikers Island on Friday, ...

North Central Bronx Hospital is planning a $46 million renovation of its emergency department to make space to build a ...

Attorneys for Mayor Eric Adams are appealing a court decision that’s temporarily blocking his administration from taking any steps to let federal immigration authorities operate on Rikers Island. In ...