The Vernon C. Bain Center, also known as “The Boat,” is perhaps the only floating jail in the country. Advocates have equated it to a slave ship. It’s an extension of Rikers Island. I know both The ...

Attorneys for Mayor Eric Adams are appealing a court decision that’s temporarily blocking his administration from taking any ...

Incarcerated women face a diverse subset of challenges while pregnant. This program helps them prepare for motherhood while ...

Espada said his father, along with others, was arrested but did not arrive at Rikers Island; instead, he was sent to Hart ...

By Shane O'Brien An Astoria pastry shop has introduced a "Pope Leo Cookie", complete with a picture of Pope Leo XIV, in honor ...

The City Council has filed a lawsuit to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration authorities to open an office on Rikers Island. The suit, lodged in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday ...

Mayor Eric Adams continued to stray from the city’s current plan to shutter Rikers Island on Tuesday, suggesting that he ...

In an effort to close Rikers Island by 2027, the city launched a project that would build smaller jails in four boroughs to ...

Mayor Adams’ office said Tuesday that his team has looked into the possibility of building a mental health facility instead ...

Fox News contributor Paul Mauro and former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio join 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the debate of a potential ICE presence on Rikers Island and the city's handling of ...

North Central Bronx Hospital is planning a $46 million renovation of its emergency department to make space to build a ...