Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

Over that same period, Rikers Island has seen tens of thousands of assaults, fights and beatings by officers. The jail facilities on Rikers, many of which are infested with bugs and vermin, have long ...

Andrew Cuomo has finally come out for the only sane position on the troubled Rikers Island jail complex: Rebuild it, don’t replace it with smaller, more costly borough ones. Cuomo had previously ...

Leadership of the notoriously problem-plagued Rikers Island jail complex has officially fallen into federal hands with the anticipated appointment of an independent administrator, officials said on ...

Sixteen-year-old Bailey, who goes by Oli, is a sweet, insightful teenager with a love for drawing, writing and caring for others. New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save ...

A man held in a city jail on a burglary charge died under as yet undisclosed circumstances early Friday, the 13th jail-related death in 2025, officials said. Edwin Ramos, 50, was found in medical ...

NEW YORK - In the shadow of a massive jail, a leafy Chinatown park welcomed New Yorkers playing mahjong, basketball and saxophone. But last year, the shadow vanished. New York City demolished its ...

Standing near the Chinatown site of a proposed 16-story new detention center, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday detailed his proposal to scrap a planned shutdown of the Rikers Island jail complex ...

Two Corrections officers were attacked in a brutal four-hour span at Rikers Island Wednesday — including one guard who was slashed by an infamous subway knifer, union officials said. The 11-year ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city’s criminal justice system. The city is ...

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 ...

In 2019, the New York City Council and then-mayor Bill de Blasio set a deadline for closing the jail facilities on Rikers Island. As part of that plan, the council authorized the construction of four ...