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

Lefty Manhattan Councilwoman Gale Brewer is pushing the city to feed jailbirds “farm-to-table” meals, like ones served up at ...

A 37-year-old man with apparent psychiatric issues accused in a Lower East Side slashing died in a city jail on Rikers Island early Wednesday ... of dynamite.” Food cart worker wanted for ...

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.

Some 350 convicted people are crowded onto Rikers Island awaiting transfer to prisons upstate due to continued ripple effects from the state prison strike, according to jail officials. The backlog ...

A 21-year-old man suffering from a serious infection who went into medical distress last Thursday in a jail at Rikers Island has died, according to officials and sources. Ariel Quidone had been ...

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 ...

The deaths were the first in 2025 to be connected to the Rikers Island jail complex, which may be taken over by a court-appointed receiver. By Ed Shanahan A 55-year-old man awaiting trial on ...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A Rikers Island inmate died while in custody ... I need medication,’ other than complaining about the food.” Hardy also said he was unsure why Moore had been housed ...

He was always very hopeful.” Scott was perhaps best known for his song “Rikers Island,” which he later remixed into a dance track with fellow reggae star Nardo Ranks entitled “Me No Like ...

The mayor has vowed to reopen a shuttered ICE office at Rikers Island via an executive order. The long-promised order has been drafted, a source said. Adams “wanted to get federal immigration ...

He told the judge “I don’t know how much longer I can hold on” with cancer, heart issues and harsh conditions at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex, where he is locked up.