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

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

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

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

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.

Aramis Furse, 32, was found unresponsive in his jail cell in December. A federal monitor says guards routinely fail to tour ...

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 ...

Viktoria Nasyrova is serving 21 years for poisoning Olga Tsvyk with sedative-laced cheesecake. The Curious Case of… explores ...