There is little in common among the three candidates for mayor, and their views on the future of Rikers Island are no ...

A false positive test misidentifying baking soda as a mixture of fentanyl and horse tranquilizer is what landed a ...

The nonverbal pre-teen – identified by cops as Jacob Pritchett – was nowhere to be found when child welfare officials, and ...

A question over the city’s plan to close Rikers Island and build four new borough-based jails as its replacement sparked one of the most contentious moments of Wednesday’s mayoral debate, the last ...

A meaningful and uplifting Sukkos gathering took place this week at Rikers Island, attended by over 250 inmates and their ...

"The next mayor’s commitment to public safety shouldn’t be measured by how many people they jail, but by how they prevent harm before it happens, and reduce incarceration as a result." ...

The notorious floating jail complex off Rikers Island known as “The Boat” is being moved south to be turned into scrap metal.

It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island, New York City’s most notorious ...

The mother of an 11-year-old Brooklyn boy who has been missing for about two months is being held at Rikers Island, while ...

Independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he’d scrap the controversial plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex if he’s elected in November – a stunning about-face from the ...

Cuomo had recently called for the jail to be shut down, and his chief rivals in the race wasted no time criticizing his ...

Cops said the 19-year-old confessed to stabbing his mother’s live-in boyfriend, Anthony Casalaspro and sawing off his head ...