A report by the Lippman Independent Commission challenges the city’s acquiescence toward failing to replace the existing dilapidated jails.

Rikers Island will not shutter by the legally mandated deadline in 2027, according to a report released last week by the ...

In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the reality-denying City Council refuses to admit it. The first of the ...

The city will be legally barred from using Rikers after 2027, but the move-out can happen only if there are fewer than 5,000 ...

City agencies on Thursday held a design workshop at Borough Hall for the Queens jail, one of four facilities slated to ...

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A 55-year-old woman was allegedly found dead inside her cell on Rikers Island early Thursday morning, marking the fourth time ...

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...