Mayor Zohran Mamdani has ordered city corrections officials to come up with a plan to bring NYC jails into compliance with a ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani late Monday renewed a long-running state of emergency on Rikers Island, signing an executive order he ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani put New York City’s troubled jail system on the clock to end solitary confinement —  issuing yet another ...

The New York City mayor’s order to bring jails into compliance with BOC rules signals a new approach to one of the city’s ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed city agencies to make plans to comply with rules governing health and safety at the facilities, ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday night signed a new executive order extending the long-running emergency declaration governing ...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called to rebuild the Rikers Island jail complex, reversing his previous position to go forward with closing it entirely. Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city’s criminal justice system. The city is ...

NEW YORK -- A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court. In a 77-page ...

A New York judge has ordered Mayor Eric Adams to temporarily halt a program to have immigration agents operate in the city's infamous Rikers Island jail. Judge Mary Rosado has barred the city from ...