NEW YORK - In the shadow of a massive jail, a leafy Chinatown park welcomed New Yorkers playing mahjong, basketball and ...

When Andrew Cuomo was governor, he pushed then-Mayor Bill de Blasio to speed the shutdown of jails on Rikers Island. He ...

The mayoral candidate said current plans to build borough-based jails should be abandoned, and all planned jails should be ...

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently proposed abandoning the borough-based jail plan in favor of rebuilding new facilities on Rikers Island.

Andrew Cuomo said during Crain's mayoral forum Wednesday morning that he wants to rebuild — not close, as is planned — the ...

NEW YORK — Right before Zohran Mamdani launched his first run for state Assembly, he shamed New York City Council members who ...

NEW YORK — A lawyer for Harvey Weinstein says the convicted movie mogul is being moved to the Rikers Island jail complex. Weinstein had been kept at a New York City hospital since Feb. 24 over ...

A man held on Rikers Island who was waiting two months to be transferred upstate to serve a prison sentence died Wednesday night, officials said — making him the third detainee death in the city jails ...

NEW YORK (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Three people have died in the same city's custody in a week, and officers have been placed on leave for reasons not yet disclosed. A man in custody at Rikers Island ...