Aramis Furse died after a city correction officer noticed he “appeared unwell” in his cell in the jail’s Otis Bantum ...

A 32-year-old man died on Rikers Island on Sunday morning, becoming the 14th person to die in the Department of Correction’s ...

The union representing Rikers Island’s correction officers is suing the city for reinstating forced 12-hour shifts, arguing ...

Another death on Rikers Island on Sunday has sparked outrage among prison reform advocates. The New York City Department of ...

A man died after guards found him looking unwell in his Rikers Island cell, according to a spokesperson for the Department of ...

Consumer goods will be shipped on ferryboats between Brooklyn and Manhattan starting Thursday in the first major test of the ...

Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry, who had a meteoric rise in city government under Mayor Adams but attracted his ...

The measure follows recent cases where jail and NYPD staff were determined to have improperly aided federal immigration ...

His decision to retain NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch signaled a degree of capitulation, but there are issues and decisions ...

Democrats overregulate U.S. citizens but cut legal corners to the benefit of illegal immigrants whenever they can.

Despite the frigid cold, dozens of immigrant advocates showed up to rally support for four city council sanctuary laws.

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