The long-delayed opening of the 104-bed unit comes with the decommissioning of the North Infirmary Command, the jail ...

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday announced the opening of a first-of-its-kind outposted therapeutic housing unit as a ...

Two men who had been held on Rikers Island died in the past week, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he would “pursue every avenue ...

The mayor touted the opening of a 104-bed therapeutic unit for incarcerated people to replace a Rikers Island infirmary.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday that detainees at Rikers Island with complicated medical needs will be transferred to ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday announced the opening of a new, quarter billion hospital unit for city inmates complete with ...

Court oversight meets lived experience at Rikers. Advocates are cautiously optimistic as new leaders start work.

Like the Jewish people in Egypt, you too hold fast to your faith in the face of the unknown,” Mamdani’s letter read.

A person in custody at Rikers Island died Sunday morning, the second in-custody death at the infamous jail system in just one ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – After two deaths at Rikers Island jail, New Yorkers have a clear message for Mayor Zohran Mamdani and ...

Rikers Island, New York City's most notorious jail complex, sits in the water between the Bronx and Queens. When I visited the complex in April 2025, I expected it to be hard to reach — and I wasn't ...