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

A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in city custody in fewer than two months. Dashawn Jenkins, 27, succumbed ...

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.

"What will this mean? Will it mean that they will be able to target people who are already in prison at Rikers Island?" Kramer asked. "To be crystal clear, this is about criminal investigations ...

Federal immigration officials will have a permanent office on New York City’s notorious Rikers Island prison under a directive from the Adams administration, which says the ...

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 should create two new positions to oversee the closure of Rikers Island, which is mandated by law to take place by 2027, but is now already up to a half-decade behind schedule ...