Mayor Zohran Mamdani put New York City’s troubled jail system on the clock to end solitary confinement —  issuing yet another ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed city agencies to make plans to comply with rules governing health and safety at the facilities, ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city must develop a plan that implements a law banning prolonged solitary confinement in city ...

The New York City mayor’s order to bring jails into compliance with BOC rules signals a new approach to one of the city’s ...

Mayor Mamdani has ordered city corrections officials to come up with a plan to bring NYC jails into compliance with a law ...

The mayor renewed a Rikers emergency order, pledging to meet jail standards and move toward ending solitary confinement after years of delays.

A men's boutique, "Dressed for the Part," has been launched at Rikers Island prison that will help prisoners with business ...

A Black man filed a civil rights lawsuit in December 2025, accusing Department of Correction (DOC) officers of sodomizing him.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called to rebuild the Rikers Island jail complex, reversing his previous position to go forward with closing it entirely. Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city's criminal justice system. The city is ...