Four City Council members have decried a practice by city jails of locking severely mentally ill people in their cells for ...

Rikers Island detainee Charizma Jones, who died in July of a horrific skin condition, had a history of mental illness but was ...

A locked-up sex offender groped New York City Councilwoman Sandy Nurse during a Tuesday morning tour of Rikers Island, The Post has learned.

Multiple city agencies failed to help a man suffering from a mental health crisis in the lead up to his death on Rikers ...

An accused sex offender grabbed the rear end of City Council Member Sandy Nurse Tuesday morning during a surprise visit by ...

Councilmember Sandy Nurse said she was assaulted by a person in custody during a visit to Rikers Island Tuesday morning — and ...

If you screw this up in any way, I’m remanding you, which means you could be the richest person on the face of the earth, and ...

Harvey Weinstein is back in court in New York for a hearing ahead of his retrial on rape charges stemming from his landmark ...

Manhattan City Councilmember Carlina Rivera introduced legislation Wednesday that would expand eligibility criteria for ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— When asked on the witness stand Friday about the meaning of his nickname on Rikers Island, 32-year-old ...

NEW YORK — The first time I heard about Hart Island, I couldn’t believe it. There’s a 150-year-old mass grave on an island in ...