Unlike his two predecessors, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has no hope of avoiding a hard time with the Rikers Island jails: He faces ...

A Manhattan judge denied a motion to dismiss charges against two men accused in a high-profile crypto kidnapping and torture ...

Author Mary Frances Mau and co-author Mary St John-Putnam spoke to HPR's DW Gibson about the book "Tricked: My Life as a ...

The merciless shooter who gunned down 21-year-old Dashanna Donovan as she fled from his fury was her ex-boyfriend, who ...

This year, seven large illuminated menorahs and five inflatable menorahs stood across Rikers Island, visible as you approach ...

Violence on Rikers Island remains pervasive as the city waits for a federal judge to appoint a receiver to take over the ...

Rikers Island is in the spotlight after a guard's suspension following a detainee's death and a lawsuit over another ...

The family of a 20-year-old man who died of appendicitis in Rikers Island custody last year is suing the city and the ...

Aramis Furse, 32, was found unresponsive in his jail cell in December. A federal monitor says guards routinely fail to tour ...

The defendant’s sister reportedly arrived home from school on the day of the slaying to find the victim's body in the bathtub ...

On Tuesday, Mamdani signed an emergency executive order directing jail officials to figure out how to follow several city ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has issued an emergency executive order to overhaul the city's approach to solitary ...