Protesters still fuming over ICE’s detainment of Columbia University student and pro-Palestine protester Mahmoud Khalil once ...

Adrienne Adams convened the commission in the somewhat more peaceful days of 2023, before she was challenging Eric Adams’ reelection. The 114-page report found, in short, that Rikers can’t close by ...

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign has received significant financial backing from the real estate industry, ...

Sean Duffy, secretary of transportation, demanded information about crime in the subway system. But transit watchers saw a ...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces a fundraising challenge with competitors outpacing him, as he gathers a fraction of the previous ...

A new report warns NYC is falling behind on its plan to close Rikers Island by 2027. An independent commission is urging Mayor Eric Adams to appoint a “Rikers czar” to speed up the process, stating ...

In a stark admission on Wednesday, the commission formed to map out the closure of Rikers Island said that the current 2027 ...

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a lawsuit challenging the deportation of former Columbia University graduate student ...

It’s a revolving door of blame. The criminal justice reforms signed by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo are to blame for the Big ...

The jail is “decrepit, dysfunctional, and violent,” according to a report from a commission appointed by the City Council ...

Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday blamed the perception that New York City is unsafe and its sprawling homelessness crisis squarely on the Democratic challenger in the 2025 NYC Mayor’s Race who says he is ...

An independent commission says the facility can still be shuttered despite a jail population that exceeds capacity of planned ...