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

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.

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

Cops said the 19-year-old confessed to stabbing his mother’s live-in boyfriend, Anthony Casalaspro and sawing off his head ...

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

NEW YORK - In the shadow of a massive jail, a leafy Chinatown park welcomed New Yorkers playing mahjong, basketball and ...

I don’t know if there’s a “war” on pet stores, but the pet trade certainly has its casualties — the animals ( “Mad War on Pet ...

After his mother died in 2022, Selwyn Bernardez spiraled into a grief- and drug-induced psychosis, roaming the New York City subway system with a samurai sword. He struck a panhandler, landing him on ...

Last time around, Eli Northrup felt like a political outsider. Running to represent Manhattan’s Assembly District 69 as a public defender with no political experience, Northrup was beaten out in the ...

Damien Hurstel, 19, allegedly confessed to killing his mom’s partner, Anthony Casalaspro, 45, at their Staten Island home on ...

New York City has a choice between a communist, a scandal-ridden former governor run out of office and a longtime Gotham City ...

Standing near the Chinatown site of a proposed 16-story new detention center, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday detailed ...