In a 77-page decision, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said she would select a "remediation manager," ...

Laura Taylor Swain, a federal judge, seized control of New York City’s lockups, which have been rife with violence and ...

Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain took control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on Tuesday and appointed an official who reports to the court to run it.

Re “City Hall considers abandoning plan to replace Rikers with borough jails” (May 3): Mayor Adams’ purported attempt to ...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that an independent outside official will take control of Rikers Island from City in a sweeping ...

Mayor Adams’ office said Tuesday that his team has looked into the possibility of building a mental health facility instead ...

In a highly anticipated 77-page ruling, Judge Laura Swain wrote that the receiver, which she called a “remediation manager,” ...

A federal judge took the extraordinary step of stripping the city of its control over Rikers Island, ruling that City Hall ...

A federal judge seized control of New York City’s troubled jail system Tuesday — ordering that an outside official be brought ...

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

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has insisted that cooperating with President Trump would eventually pay off, but has it?

As of now, the city law, passed in 2019 under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, mandates that Rikers be closed by 2027 and replaced by borough-based jails. Adams has been slammed for “abandoning” the plan.