Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed city agencies to make plans to comply with rules governing health and safety at the facilities, ...

When a federal judge announced last May that she would appoint an independent “remediation manager” to impose long-delayed ...

A deathly pale Harvey Weinstein on Thursday was rolled into Manhattan court — where talks were unfolding about a plea deal ...

Although many of them had criminal records, most people who died in custody had not been convicted of the crime they were in jail for, court records show.

Despite having a new mayor — and some renewed optimism — the likelihood of significant changes to the Chinatown jail plan ...

Unlike his two predecessors, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has no hope of avoiding a hard time with the Rikers Island jails.

Mayor Mamdani is now running the city, but soon he and the Department of Correction will not be running Rikers Island, the ...

This year, seven large illuminated menorahs and five inflatable menorahs stood across Rikers Island, visible as you approach ...

The report lands at what the monitor describes as a “critical and uncertain” moment for the jail and Department of Correction ...

Violence on Rikers Island remains pervasive as the city waits for a federal judge to appoint a receiver to take over the ...

The family of a 20-year-old man who died of appendicitis in Rikers Island custody last year is suing the city and the ...