The judicial appointment of an outside authority to temporarily run Rikers Island offers a rare opportunity to transform one of the nation’s most troubled jails. But durable reform depends ultimately ...

In May, a federal judge appointed a remediation manager to overhaul the jail — which has seen its population grow to more than 7,000 from about 4,000 in 2020.

A man held in a Rikers Island jail died early Tuesday, the ninth city jail-related death in 2025, officials said. The man, who was identified late Tuesday as Edwin Quispe, 33, was found ...

The City Council has filed a lawsuit to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration authorities to open an office on Rikers Island.

A man detained at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex died on Tuesday due to a medical emergency, jail officials said, marking the ninth reported death of someone in or recently released from ...

A Venezuelan migrant who begged a judge to send him to Rikers Island to avoid being taken into custody to waiting immigration agents has been turned over to the feds.

Rikers Island inmates at the East River jail recently celebrated walking across the stage, beating the odds of an uncertain future behind bars. These 63 Rikers high school graduates exchanged ...

Staten Island man learns fate in scheme to smuggle drugs into jail through court dox Updated: Jul. 26, 2025, 10:31 a.m. | Published: Jul. 26, 2025, 10:30 a.m.

Mamdani also remains full-steam-ahead on closing Rikers Island, which currently houses some 7,600 inmates — and replacing it with new borough-based jails containing room for just 4,100.

Former Tampa Bay Lightning assistant equipment manager Jason Berger will be joining former Lightning Assistant General Manager and Director of Hockey Operations, Mathieu Darche, on the New York ...

Mr. Adams, who was elected on a law-and-order campaign message, is seeking to portray Zohran Mamdani, this year’s Democratic nominee, as weak on crime.