A former corrections officer from Westchester County who admitted to smuggling drugs into Rikers Island in exchange for ...

New York City lawmakers are suing to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the ...

Harvey Weinstein has been moved to a New York City hospital after a judge approved the ailing ex-studio boss’s request to ...

Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

Inside his cell on Rikers Island, Brian Croskey spends hours every day drawing elaborate artwork to free his mind.

the moral imperative to close Rikers Island remains as urgent as ever,” said Nurse, who is also the co-chair of the council’s Progressive Caucus, noting at least five inmates have died at the ...

The hearing comes less than a month after an independent commission found officials won’t meet the 2027 deadline to close the ...