Ramel Powell, 38 – who was being held since July of 2023 in connection to a Manhattan attack from May of that year – died ...

A 37-year-old man died in a city jail on Rikers Island early Wednesday, in the first death in the system in 2025, according ...

The city Department of Correction said it was still investigating the death and had no further details on how the person died ...

Mayor Eric Adams announced last week that he is preparing an executive order that would welcome U.S. Immigration and Custom ...

A Rikers Island jail complex inmate died while in custody on Wednesday morning, marking the first detainee death so far in ...

Mayor Eric Adams plans to allow ICE agents back on Rikers Island, reversing NYC’s sanctuary policies. Adams says the move ...

Lawsuits are challenging President Trump’s abrupt decision to send men awaiting deportation to the American military base in ...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams emerged as a key ally of President Trump on his immigration crackdown after Trump's DOJ agreed to shelve ...

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig) “They need to understand, if we arrest a bad guy at Rikers Island ... ICE from accessing Rikers Island, as well as all criminal detention facilities in the city.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A South Shore man with a history of carrying out knifepoint robberies at local businesses is headed ...

Harvey Weinstein, once one of Hollywood's most powerful producers, is pleading to move up his New York trial date out of fear ...