Mayor Zohran Mamdani late Monday renewed a long-running state of emergency on Rikers Island, signing an executive order he acknowledged would prolong a controversial legal workaround used by his ...

New York City lawmakers are set to vote Wednesday on several bills aimed at improving conditions for people in custody and laying more groundwork for the eventual closure of the Rikers Island jails.

Violence on Rikers Island remains pervasive as the city waits for a federal judge to appoint a receiver to take over the ...

STATEWIDE — State lawmakers held a press conference on Thursday following an unannounced visit to Rikers Island to assess the unsafe and inhumane conditions at the facility. The legislators arrived at ...

When the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform, also known as the Lippman Commission after former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, who chairs the Commission, ...

The family of a 20-year-old man who died of appendicitis in Rikers Island custody last year is suing the city and the ...

(CNN) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday if elected mayor he would cancel the closure of Rikers Island – New York City’s infamous jail complex – in favor of a plan to demolish and ...

Ackman posted on X that bail reform has created a system where "those arrested for all but the most serious crimes are released almost immediately back onto the streets." He argued that the policy ...

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman spoke out against New York's bail reform laws and Assembly member Zohran Mamdani on Monday, warning that efforts to reduce the Rikers Island jail population could ...