Harvey Weinstein's legal team has petitioned the court to transfer him to Bellevue Hospital during his criminal retrial in ...

New York City lawmakers are suing to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration agents to operate in the Rikers ...

The New York City Council filed a lawsuit Tuesday​ trying to stop the Adams administration's move allowing Immigration and ...

The hearing comes less than a month after an independent commission found officials won’t meet the 2027 deadline to close the ...

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Chelsia Rose Marcius For years, a handful of federal immigration agents worked out of a trailer office at the jail complex on Rikers Island in New York City.

The New York City Council is suing Mayor Eric Adams over his executive order allowing federal immigration officials to return ...

The lawsuit further alleges that the executive order was part of the “corrupt” quid pro quo made by Adams to get his criminal case dropped ...

The Adams administration unloaded on a Brooklyn lawmaker who championed the closure of Rikers Island then complained about the construction of a new borough-based jail in his own district.

Allowing federal agencies to open an office on Rikers Island is unlawful, says the City Council lawsuit. "Executive Order 50 ...

The City Council empowered itself Thursday to sue Mayor Adams over his decision to let ICE agents operate on Rikers Island, arguing the move is “the poisonous fruit” of a deal he has been ...