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Mayor Eric Adams continued to stray from the city’s current plan to shutter Rikers Island on Tuesday, suggesting that he ...
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.
Below are the answers by Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker and lawmaker from Southeast Queens. Adams, who made a late entry into the race in March, has fought funding cuts imposed by Mayor Eric ...
After police officers were attacked by a group of alleged teen gang members in Times Square, New York City Mayor Eric Adams ...
According to NYPD, 11 teens who are part of a faction of Tren de Aragua that has been known to police for years, attacked two ...
Andrew Cuomo has released a plan to address what he calls the city’s “mental health crisis,” laying out a blueprint for a ...
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday released his sprawling plan to fix the Big Apple’s mental health crisis — ticking off many of the ideas rival Mayor Eric Adams has already been pushing for.
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will release a proposal to remove more mentally ill people from the streets to address fears ...
Attorneys for Mayor Eric Adams are appealing a court decision that’s temporarily blocking his administration from taking any steps to let federal immigration authorities operate on Rikers Island. In ...
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams urged the Adams administration Monday to look at ways to reduce the jail population, which ...
A months-long investigation into decades of sexual assault allegations on Rikers Island was a finalist in the audio reporting ...
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams got into a heated argument in Queens on Monday afternoon with the head of a correction ...