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

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

The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility and is the fourth fatality connected to New ...

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

New York City should create two new positions to oversee the closure of Rikers Island, which is mandated to take place by ...

Her death is the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, and follows that of Ariel Quidone, 20, last week and ...

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 ...

In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close ... delays that are routine in any large New York government project. Indeed, as we noted ...

With just three months remaining until the Democratic primary, six candidates vying to become the next mayor of New York City ...