Almost a decade ago, plans were made to shut down Rikers Island for good. Here's the deadline the city was given to shut its ...

For a few moments, they sat in stunned silence. Then, they were full of questions. A select group of ministers and faith-based activists gathered in a screening room at the Brooklyn Academy of Music ...

Rikers Island, one of the most notable jails in the United States, has been slated to close for almost a decade. But with a ...

Last week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down on an impossible promise. In October 2019, the City Council passed a law that banned the use of any part of Rikers Island to house incarcerated persons ...