A New York has declared a mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s rape case from the #MeToo-era that has gone to trial three times so ...

Days after Mayor Eric Adams took office, his hand-picked correction commissioner ousted the official overseeing thousands of ...

New York City has paid more than $5 million over the past few weeks to settle two suits alleging the city is responsible for ...

NEW YORK — Talik Thomas spent three days trying to solve a puzzle in the survival horror game Daymare: 1998. In addition to its zombies are the devilishly hard puzzles, one of which requires properly ...

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.

The New York jail complex uses video games as part of its strategy to reduce violence with programming for good behavior.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stanley Richards knows how bleak life can be at Rikers Island, New York City’s notorious jail complex. As a young man, he spent two years locked up there for robbery. Now, he runs the ...

A Long Island man who was shot and killed last week in Queens was attending a funeral for an accused drug kingpin who died at Rikers Island prison, according to information shared by the man's family.

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In the early 19th century, a freeborn Black New Yorker braved ...