A federal judge has decided to take control of New York’s Rikers Island jail away from city officials due to years of ...

Rikers Island is a century-old jail complex on an island sandwiched between the Bronx and Queens in New York City. It’s home ...

Over the past four years, an unlikely alliance of advocates for people behind bars and former Department of Correction ...

A federal judge took the control of Rikers Island out of New York City’s hands in a hearing.

In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote that manager will "support remediation of the ongoing violations of the constitutional rights of people in custody in the New ...

It seems counterintuitive, but the pending takeover of Rikers Island by a U.S. court-appointed administrator could redound to the benefit of the city, including Mayor Adams.The jail complex is horribl ...

Instead, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain said she would appoint an outside manager to “take all necessary steps” toward restoring order inside the jails and bringing the city into ...

WABC reporter NJ Burkett reports outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City with reaction following Pope Leo XIV's becoming the 1st American pope. New York is set to lower the minimum hiring ...

The historic step, taking control of the jails away from the city, is "a drastic and necessary measure to save lives," ...

Williams’ winning duck was plucked from a truck parked on City Pier in Port Angeles during the record-breaking 36th annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby on Sunday. She won the top prize, provided ...