A 54-year-old woman serving a year on Rikers Island for misdemeanor assault died early Thursday, with her son charging the notorious Queens detention center “killed her.” The death ...

Mayor Eric Adams says one of the four new community jails that were being built to replace Rikers will now be dedicated to inmates with mental health issues. The new facility will be part of the ...

Join the community that powers NYC’s independent local news. The population on Rikers Island has risen to 7,067 people this week, the highest total since 2019 — and almost twice as high as the target ...

Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams have been playing a game of chicken for years when it comes to closing the jail complex on Rikers Island. Eric Adams would throw shade at ...

A new report is laying out a plan to close Rikers Island as soon as possible. The report was released by an independent commission appointed by City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. It acknowledges ...

Those are some of the conclusions of a highly anticipated report from the Independent Rikers Commission — a panel appointed by City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams in October 2023 charged with ...

New York City should create two new positions to oversee the closure of Rikers Island, which is mandated by law to take place by 2027, but is now already up to a half-decade behind schedule ...

NEW YORK — A commission that supports closing the jail on Rikers Island acknowledged Wednesday the decrepit facility will not be shuttered by the 2027 deadline — and Mayor Eric Adams expressed ...

Sergio Perez could be heading for an F1 return with Cadillac after the director of one of his leading sponsors confirmed that ‘talks’ have taken place. The Mexican pledged to make a decision ...

An independent group looking into the dismantling of Rikers Island on Wednesday said the city is not near to closing the jail complex by the 2027 deadline and recommended the city accelerate the ...

Sergio Perez does not see his Formula 1 career as over. The Mexican is eyeing a return to the grid in 2026. The 35-year-old found himself out of a seat for the 2025 season after his exit from Red Bull ...