The city has agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million to the families of two men who died on Rikers Island of methadone overdoses, ...

New York City has agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million to settle lawsuits brought by the families of two men who died of ...

Mayor Mamdani officially named Dana Kaplan the inaugural Close Rikers czar on April 28. She has spent a decade working to close the jail.

Almost a decade ago, plans were made to shut down Rikers Island for good. Here's the deadline the city was given to shut its ...

The City Council this week demanded the Department of Correction answer long-ignored questions about how it's changed – or ...

City lawyers have agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million to settle lawsuits brought by the families of two men who died from ...

Rikers Island, one of the most notable jails in the United States, has been slated to close for almost a decade. But with a ...

Independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he’d scrap the controversial plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex if he’s elected in November – a stunning about-face from the ...

“These defendants are accused of using pepper spray on inmates in violation of department guidelines,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said in a statement. “To cover up these alleged violations, ...

For decades, the unfixable Rikers Island has hurt New Yorkers — those inside the massive complex’s walls and all of us beyond ...