Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race. His critics say his mayoralty would be ...

The Adams administration has repeatedly bashed the proposal the City Council approved in 2019 to close Rikers.

Eyewitness News has investigated the violence, the staffing levels, even the sexual abuse allegations inside Rikers Island.

The vast majority of people detained at Rikers are waiting for their day in court and have not been convicted of any crime.

The mayor has asked top staffers to look into how many units of housing could be built at the borough sites in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx, according to sources familiar with the matter.

NEW YORK — Attorneys for Mayor Eric Adams are appealing a court decision ... to let federal immigration authorities operate on Rikers Island. In papers filed Monday with the appellate division ...

Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain took control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on Tuesday and appointed an ...

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams is exploring a move to abandon the current plan to close Rikers Island, and instead and turn the borough-based sites intended to replace the notorious jail complex ...