New York City lawmakers are set to vote Wednesday on several bills aimed at improving conditions for people in custody and laying more groundwork for the eventual closure of the Rikers Island jails.

The death toll on Rikers Island continued to rise to its second-highest point in the past four years on Monday when a 33-year-old detainee died after allegedly having an allergic reaction in the ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo addressed his past comments about Rikers Island and discussed plans for the jail, if elected mayor, during an exclusive interview on PIX ...

Governor Andrew Cuomo, reversing a previous stance, now says he does not support the plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex by 2027. Mr. Cuomo, who is running for mayor of New York City as an ...

Aramis Furse has become the 14th person to die in or immediately after he was found “unwell” in his Rikers Island cell.

With the city facing major delays and ballooning costs to its plan to close Rikers Island, former Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday, if elected mayor, he would build new “state-of-the-art” jails on ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

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 Mayor Bill de Blasio promised last March to begin closing the entire jail complex over roughly a decade.

The land Rikers Island was built on may never again house a new jail. Ahead of a vote this month on the approval of a plan to close Rikers, the City Council will submit a new proposal to ban the ...