A federal court in New York ruled that Rikers Island will be placed under the control of an independent receiver. In the ...

Rikers Island, which has long drawn ire over its conditions, won't be within New York City's purview during the transition.

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered that an independent manager be appointed to oversee the notorious jail complex ...

New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a ...

Four years after NYC Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal pushed for doula care in jails, the Rikers Island Doula Program is in full ...

The implementation of Mayor Eric Adams’ administration’s executive order allowing federal immigration agents to re-establish ...

Attorneys for Mayor Eric Adams are appealing a court decision that’s temporarily blocking his administration from taking any ...

Trump touts his UK trade deal, names Jeanine Pirro as U.S. attorney, and Pope Leo XIV's social media gets scrutiny.

“When you have our current laws that state, if someone is in Rikers Island, they have been charged with a crime, we can’t turn them over to ICE,” he said. “Would that be an easier way to ...

Attorneys for Mayor Adams are appealing a court decision that’s at least temporarily blocking his administration from taking ...

While specific figures for New York under the new federal administration are not yet available, media reports and press ...