Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

Two people died on Rikers Island in the same afternoon following medical emergencies last Friday, June 20. They mark the ...

Even in a place like Rikers Island, light can break through. This year’s pre-Shavuos celebration transformed the prison into ...

Luis Bernier has languished on Rikers Island since March 12 because he can’t get transferred to prison due to the ripples still emanating from the state prison guards strike that ended in ...

Mayor Eric Adams didn’t follow the proper procedures when he declared a state of emergency and blocked a local law ...

It seems bizarre, in the year of our Lord 2025, to be debating whether the government should run the grocery stores. History ...

Mayor Eric Adams “violated” the law when he blocked the City Council’s ban on solitary confinement in Big Apple prisons, a ...

A Manhattan judge on Monday blocked New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) from going around a municipal law banning solitary confinement in city prisons, including Rikers Island.

The lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism ...

A judge ruled that NYC Mayor Adams improperly used emergency powers to block a ban on solitary confinement in city jails, ...

The City Council can block the development of new housing. A panel created by Mayor Eric Adams wants to let voters weigh in ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 30-year-old man faces hate crime charges after a terrifying ordeal where he allegedly drove his car ...