The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

Robert Ray, who allegedly punched Correction Officer Shamika Mitchell in the face on Rikers Island, is in jail for allegedly punching an MTA station agent, also a woman, in the face.

As the film tells it, the story of this mural is also that of the crisis at Rikers and of “prison” in spectacular decay — ...

The mother of a New York City correction officer exclusively spoke to Eyewitness News to plead for help finding the killer who shot her son five years ago.

If a federal judge follows through with her threat to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island, she should make sure ...

New video evidence has reinvigorated the search for the murderer of John Jeff, an off-duty NYC correction officer shot in 2020, with a $30,000 reward for information.

“It will return us to a time when people languished in jail before trial,” the Bronx Defenders said of Hochul’s plan, “forced ...

The officials, Russell Hott and Peter Berg, were recently cut from ICE’s enforcement division amid increasing pressure from ...

To be clear, homelessness is not a crime; it’s a tragedy. No one should ever be sent to Rikers for the failure of city ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced a $150 million investment to connect the Long Island Rail Road's (LIRR) Ronkonkoma station with MacArthur Airport's proposed North Terminal.

The state will invest $150 million to connect the Ronkonkoma Long Island Rail Road station with Long Island MacArthur Airport, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday.

For the chef wannabe, winter camps at Babylon Mercantile have been pressure-free time off from school: “If you make a mistake ...