A federal judge said that she was leaning toward taking the extreme measure of stripping the city of its control of Rikers Island after ruling on Wednesday that the Department of Correction violated ...

The family of Charizma Jones, a 23-year-old woman who died after allegedly being denied medical care on Rikers Island, plans to sue the city for $50 million.

Mayor Eric Adams pitched a vague plan to turn one of the city’s proposed – and extremely delayed – borough-based jail ...

As a potential federal takeover of Rikers Island looms over the city, a court-appointed monitor said in a highly anticipated ...

Mets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to bring a casino to Western Queens was overwhelmingly approved by all five community boards ...