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

As a Catholic, it’s hard to “pick a side” when it comes to the idea that Mayor Zohran Mamdani is discontinuing solitary ...

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

As a federal judge considers taking Rikers Island out of the city’s control and handing it to a court-appointed receiver, the Brooklyn Eagle is looking back at the history of the city’s troubled jail ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Rikers Island is in a crisis of leadership, and outside intervention is needed to stabilize it, the federal monitor wrote to a judge ahead of an emergency hearing. The city has ...

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 ...

Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani has quietly made it harder for federal agents to monitor Tren de Aragua and other brutal gangs ...