Our full video series features City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Comptroller Brad Lander, State Assemblymember Zohran ...

A new Board of Correction report has backed up allegations detailed in October by the Daily News — that jail staff are ...

"We need a mayor who knows that in a city committed to seeing all of us thrive, there is no place for Rikers Island." ...

Two inmates in Department of Correction custody died within an hour and a half of each on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon.

The USA has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the world. Shelves of books and reams of media exposés have revealed the inhumanity of American jails, prisons, and immigration detention ...

In her announcement, Gov. Kathy Hochul gave few details about where the plant would be built, how much the project would cost ...

After the Iran bombings, more officers were placed at religious, cultural and diplomatic locations, Mayor Eric Adams said. The M.T.A. and the Port Authority have activated counterterrorism protocols.

After NYC Department of Correction (DOC) confirmed on Saturday, June 21, that two additional people have died on or in transit to Rikers Island on June 20, advocates for those incarcerated at the jail ...

After NYC Department of Correction (DOC) confirmed on Saturday, June 21, that two additional people have died on or in ...

The beleaguered jail has been under the supervision of a federal monitor since 2015 because of pervasive problems.

The city is a mess,” said Audrey Harkins, a feisty Battery Park City resident who stands 4-foot-11 and weighs 115 pounds ...