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

Adams affirmed that he does believe the Rikers Island jail complex should close and be replaced with borough-based jails. “Yes, I do,” he said. “And I believe we need to change the ecosystem ...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams comments on Democratic challenger Zohran Mamdani during an interview with Patrick Bet David: ERIC ADAMS: It’s really not out of nowhere. Those of us who were watching what was ...

Families and criminal justice advocates have long urged jail officials to notify them about deaths and other emergencies in ...

The City Council was wrong to write a law purporting to ban solitary confinement on Rikers Island, as it would significantly ...

A federal judge last week said the city was barred from fully implementing a local law banning solitary confinement on Rikers ...

The New York Times has obtained video of the 2022 death of Michael Nieves, a mentally ill detainee who mortally wounded himself on Rikers Island.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams criticizes rival Mamdani's affordability proposals, contrasting their backgrounds and socialist policies ...

Public safety investments in the adopted $115.9 billion budget centered on the city’s mandate to close Rikers Island.

Four bombshell lawsuits filed late Monday claim Adams and his top NYPD allies of running a department rife with corruption ...

Late last month, city Correction Department officials asked the jail oversight board to expand bed capacity in certain Rikers ...

Mayor Adams waved off concerns about President Trump’s false insinuation that Zohran Mamdani is an illegal immigrant and his ...