A federal judge on Thursday dealt another blow to the Adams administration’s efforts to retain control of Rikers Island, ...

About a month after a judge ruled that the Adams administration’s efforts to allow federal immigration agents to open up an ...

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently proposed abandoning the borough-based jail plan in favor of rebuilding new facilities on Rikers Island.

In a stunning flip, ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that he would scrap the controversial plan to close the Rikers ...

The officer failed to provide lifesaving aid to the 43-year-old man as he had a seizure in a cell, according to an official report.

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become ...

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo wants to ditch New York City’s plan to replace the Rikers Island jail complex and use the sites ...

Andrew Cuomo has finally come out for the only sane position on the troubled Rikers Island jail complex: Rebuild it, don’t ...

Cuomo went before the movers and shakers of the city's business community at a forum with a proposal that he says is just plain common sense.

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo addressed his past comments about Rikers Island and discussed plans for the jail ...

A former NYC Department of Correction employee was indicted for not reporting over $135,000 received from inmates' associates ...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday if elected mayor he would cancel the closure of Rikers Island – New York City’s infamous jail complex – in favor of a plan to demolish and rebuild on ...