The move occurred during Mamdani's first day in office when he revoked all of former New York City Mayor Eric Adams' ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city must develop a plan that implements a law banning prolonged solitary confinement in city jails.

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

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

The report lands at what the monitor describes as a “critical and uncertain” moment for the jail and Department of Correction ...

A Rikers Island officer, an inmate, and the inmate's wife are charged with smuggling contraband into the jail, including ...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an order to end solitary confinement on Rikers Island, mandating a plan for compliance with ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed city agencies to make plans to comply with rules governing health and safety at the facilities, and said they must work to end solitary confinement.

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

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Sentencing was postponed Friday for the ringleader behind a vicious attack on a corrections captain at Rikers Island. Jason Reid pleaded guilty in February to the Thanksgiving ...

The land Rikers Island was built on may never again house a new jail. Ahead of a vote this month on the approval of a plan to close Rikers, the City Council will submit a new proposal to ban the ...