The report lands at what the monitor describes as a “critical and uncertain” moment for the jail and Department of Correction ...

Unlike his two predecessors, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has no hope of avoiding a hard time with the Rikers Island jails.

The move occurred during Mamdani's first day in office when he revoked all of former New York City Mayor Eric Adams' ...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an order to end solitary confinement on Rikers Island, mandating a plan for compliance with ...

On Tuesday, Mamdani signed an emergency executive order directing jail officials to figure out how to follow several city ...

The family of a 20-year-old man who died of appendicitis in Rikers Island custody last year is suing the city and the ...

Inmate Shemar Hassani-Shaw was indicted for slashing a Rikers Island officer's face last December. Charges include Attempted ...

Trump border czar Tom Homan accuses NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani of refusing to work with federal immigration authorities to ...

A federal monitor says violence, deaths and officer misconduct persist at Rikers, as a judge moves closer to appointing a receiver.

In his November victory speech, New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, observed that “a great New Yorker”—his vanquished opponent’s father, Mario Cuomo—“once said that while you campaign in poetry ...

Queens may no longer be in possession of the City Council speaker’s office, but several members of Queens’ Council delegation ...

The driver, Daniel Hyden, was a substance abuse counselor who had past citations for driving under the influence.