In the early 1800s, Richard Riker, a descendant of the family who owned Rikers Island, participated in a kidnapping ring for decades that sent African Americans into slavery. Riker used his power as a ...

New York City First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro signed an executive order Tuesday allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

Each “hit piece” he reads criticizing his work arresting and deporting illegal aliens confirms “I’m over the target,” border ...

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was banned from Vanity Fair's Oscar's party long before he was sentenced to 23 ...

Many NYU students know Greenwich Village as the heart of New York City’s LGBTQ+ community, but might not recognize the role ...

The Adams administration is making good on a promise to allow federal immigration agents to open an office on Rikers Island.

The executive order, issued late Thursday night, will immediately allow immigration officials to reopen offices on the island ...

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.

By Hurubie Meko The federal immigration authorities will be allowed to open office space at the Rikers Island jail complex for criminal investigations, according to an executive order issued on ...

New York City is allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to return to its Rikers Island prison following recent demands placed on Mayor Eric Adams by the Trump administration.