Ten years after Kalief Browder’s death by suicide, his story lingers as a reminder of both the horrors of New York City’s ...

Calling the conditions at Rikers Island “dangerous and unsafe,” federal Judge Laura Swain finally cleared the way for an ...

The Adams administration has repeatedly bashed the proposal the City Council approved in 2019 to close Rikers.

Mayor Eric Adams declined on Tuesday to jump into the fray regarding the fate of a New York City public school student who ...

Eyewitness News has investigated the violence, the staffing levels, even the sexual abuse allegations inside Rikers Island.

NBC New York obtained exclusive video that shows the torture victim running down the street after his escape, 17 days into ...

The vast majority of people detained at Rikers are waiting for their day in court and have not been convicted of any crime.

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has seized control of the facility from New York City and placed it under the ...

Then-mayoral candidate Eric Adams expressed support for closing Rikers Island, telling NY1 he believes it should be closed and replaced with borough-based jails. “Yes, I do,” he said when asked by ...

New York City First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro has had a lot on his plate since Mayor Eric Adams controversially picked him to ...