New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani broke his Ramadan fast with prisoners at the controversial Rikers Island jail complex this week, describing the visit as a moment he will never forget. “People ...

The Mamdani administration plans to reduce Rikers Island inmate populations by expanding supervised release, alternatives to incarceration and early release. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push to mindlessly ...

Jail clinicians sometimes send people in crisis to city hospitals — only for them to be returned to Rikers Island within hours. Daily operations on Rikers Island are managed from this facility next to ...

Last week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down on an impossible promise. In October 2019, the City Council passed a law that banned the use of any part of Rikers Island to house incarcerated persons ...

NEW YORK - On Tuesday, Barry Cozart appeared in a New York criminal court on burglary charges. Since he couldn't make bail, a judge sent him back to Rikers Island, one of the most notorious jails in ...

A 39-year-old man died while in custody at Rikers Island on Wednesday morning, marking the first reported death at the troubled jail since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office. Barry Cozart died while ...

One detainee was found dead with 66 pills in his cell. Another lay in distress for five minutes during an apparent overdose ...

A new unit for prisoners with serious medical needs is opening at Bellevue Hospital, in a step closer toward closing Rikers Island, Mayor Mamdani announced Tuesday. The long-delayed opening of the 104 ...

Zohran Mamdani speaking at Queens College in Flushing, New York on April 10. Last week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down on an impossible promise. In October 2019, the City Council passed a law that ...