Adams expressed doubt that Rikers Island could close by the 2027 deadline set during Mayor Bill de Blasio’s tenure, because, Adams said, the jail was full of violent ... from a recreation yard on the ...

Nathaniel Morton, left, stands with his lawyer, Mark J. Fonte, at the defense table during Morton's arraignment in state ...

The Eric Adams administration is permitting ICE to return to Rikers Island to help carry out criminal investigations into ...

The executive order, issued late Thursday night, will immediately allow immigration officials to reopen offices on the island ...

An executive order says federal immigration agents would work with city officials on criminal investigations only. Critics ...

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, along with agents from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland ...

The Adams administration unloaded on a Brooklyn lawmaker who championed the closure of Rikers Island then complained about the construction of a new borough-based jail in his own district.

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.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at the Rikers Island jail to work on gang and drug-related criminal investigations NEW YORK -- New York City ...