The mayor has asked top staffers to look into how many units of housing could be built at the borough sites in Manhattan, ...

Michael Peña, 28, was sent to Rikers Island weeks after cops said he sped through a red light and t-boned a car driven by ...

Mayor Eric Adams is exploring a move to abandon the current plan to close Rikers Island, and instead and turn the ...

Immigration authorities are seeking custody of an illegal migrant caught on camera allegedly sexually assaulting and robbing a dead body on a subway train, but local Democrats may have created a ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ potential presence on Rikers Island has once again been delayed, shortly ...

The Brooklyn Democratic Party, in partnership with several local political clubs, held a mayoral forum at Medgar Evers College.

Vincent Gilmore, 21, of W. Magnolia Street in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, and Akeal Allen, 20, of Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn, ...

The alleged sexual assault survivor is back on the stand to detail her painful experience at the hands of Harvey Weinstein.

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

Harvey Weinstein was again in court Tuesday as his rape retrial continued with much-anticipated witness testimony.

NYC Council Passes and Introduces Legislation - Last Thursday, the NYC Council convened a Stated meeting, where they passed and ...

A New York judge Monday blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from entering Rikers Island, setting up a ...