ICE wants an office inside NYC’s notorious Rikers Island jail. A judge might end those hopes. New York City Mayor Eric Adams crafted a ‘corrupt bargain’ with Trump to let federal agents ...

The Rikers Island jail complex is shown in the Bronx borough of New York, ... Getty Images. Rikers Island is seen in this aerial photograph taken in New York on October 31, 2012.

From June 4-15, the 24th annual Tribeca Film festival played host to a catalogue of some of the year’s most anticipated ...

Kaz Daughtry, a freewheeling deputy mayor, has emerged as a crucial ally for the Trump administration and its border czar. So ...

By Benjamin Oreskes Reporting from the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. The close of New York State’s legislative session in ...

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The beleaguered jail has been under the supervision of a federal monitor since 2015 because of pervasive problems.

Luis Bernier has languished on Rikers Island since March 12 because he can’t get transferred to prison due to the ripples ...

Two people died on Rikers Island in the same afternoon following medical emergencies last Friday, June 20. They mark the ...

Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

The notorious jail complex on Rikers Island is legally set to close by August 2027, but Mayor Adams is reporting reconsidering the plans while granting ICE permission to open an office inside (AP) ...

NEW YORK — A public defender with a Queens nonprofit mired in controversy was hauled off in handcuffs after he was caught smuggling 130 sheets of suspected THC-soaked paper into a jail on Rikers ...