Mayor Eric Adams continued to stray from the city’s current plan to shutter Rikers Island on Tuesday, suggesting that he ...

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams got into a heated argument in Queens on Monday afternoon with the head of a correction ...

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams urged the Adams administration Monday to look at ways to reduce the jail population, which ...

Mayor Adams’ office said Tuesday that his team has looked into the possibility of building a mental health facility instead ...

North Central Bronx Hospital is planning a $46 million renovation of its emergency department to make space to build a ...

The New York City Council was accused of fear-mongering in their fight to stop ICE on Rikers Island, an attorney for the ...

As of now, the city law, passed in 2019 under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, mandates that Rikers be closed by 2027 and replaced by borough-based jails. Adams has been slammed for “abandoning” the plan.

Until a court ruling, the city is prohibited from furthering any agreement to let Immigration and Customs Enforcement back ...

As a federal judge continues to consider taking Rikers Island out of the city’s control, a jail expert hired by the city says ...

Attorneys for Mayor Eric Adams are appealing a court decision that’s temporarily blocking his administration from taking any steps to let federal immigration authorities operate on Rikers Island. In ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has lost another round in his efforts to allow federal agents to open an office on Rikers ...