The New York City mayor’s order to bring jails into compliance with BOC rules signals a new approach to one of the city’s ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday night signed a new executive order extending the long-running emergency declaration governing ...

Every five days since he took office, like clockwork, former Mayor Eric Adams signed a temporary executive order extending a ...

A man held on Rikers Island over accuations he beat to death his roommate in a Bronx drug treatment center died early Monday of a possible allergic reaction — the 15th city jails-linked death this ...

RIKERS ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — Another death on Rikers Island on Sunday has sparked outrage among prison reform advocates. The New York City Department of Corrections said that an officer found 32-year ...

A man being held on murder charges at the Rikers Island jail complex died early Monday morning after what appeared to be an allergic reaction, according to Department of Correction officials. The ...

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, ...

An attorney who represents multiple women who say they were sexually assaulted by a Rikers Island corrections officer is asking the Department of Corrections to review how it responds to civil sexual ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — William Furse can recall the exact moment when he received the devastating news that his 32-year-old son, Aramis, had died while in custody on Rikers Island. “My daughter came ...