The New York City Council filed a lawsuit Tuesday trying to stop the Adams administration's move allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate on Rikers Island. First Deputy Mayor Randy ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – A judge temporarily barred Mayor Eric Adams and other city officials from authorizing federal law enforcement to open an office on Rikers Island, court records show. First ...

Almost a decade ago, plans were made to shut down Rikers Island for good. Here's the deadline the city was given to shut its doors.

A judge ruled Friday that she will continue to block New York City Mayor Eric Adams' administration from giving office space on Rikers Island back to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, a ...

New York City spends more than $2.8 billion a year to prop up Rikers — a failing, decrepit jail complex that delivers none of the outcomes we need. Closing Rikers is the law and is absolutely ...

City Hall’s plan to reopen a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Rikers Island could take longer than expected. “The executive order expressly limits the cooperation to federal criminal ...

“On Wednesday night, a man held at Rikers Island died—the fifth death in city custody in the last two weeks, and the 12th this year alone. These are not isolated incidents; they are symptoms of a ...

Rikers Island is a humanitarian crisis, especially for those with severe mental illness. Instead of offering care, the jail isolates, neglects, and dehumanizes people who need treatment — not ...

Environmental advocates are renewing the push to make Rikers Island a centerpiece of New York City's climate strategy as Mayor Zohran Mamdani commits to closing the jail complex there. The jails ...

After meeting with President Trump’s border czar, Mayor Eric Adams supported allowing U.S. immigration authorities to reopen offices at Rikers Island. By Luis Ferré-Sadurní A state judge temporarily ...