It’s the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, following the death last week of 20-year-old Ariel Quidone, and ...

A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.

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

Two days after a city-appointed commission unveiled a new plan to close Rikers Island, Mayor Eric Adams began to chart his ...

As we’ve said for years, the August 2027 deadline set by the City Council to close Rikers Islands will not be met. Now comes ...

The population on Rikers Island has risen to 7,067 people this week, the highest total since 2019 — and almost twice as high ...

An independent group looking into the dismantling of Rikers Island on Wednesday said the city's plan to close the jail ...

That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...

A Rikers Island inmate behind bars for allegedly slashing a stranger with a boxcutter died in custody this week – marking the city’s first detainee death in 2025, officials and sources said.

He’s a terror on the streets and a nightmare behind bars. Sundance Oliver, 30, a Brooklyn gangbanger locked up on murder charges for allegedly killing two people ...

Harvey Weinstein urged a New York judge on Wednesday to move up his April sexual assault retrial amid continued health issues and "medieval" conditions at New York City's Rikers Island.