New York City has agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million to settle lawsuits brought by the families of two men who died of ...

News 12's Heather Fordham sits down with David Estrada, the executive director of the Sunset Park Business Improvement ...

Donny Ruben Ubiera’s estate received $2.4 million and Jose Mejia Martinez’s estate received $2.7 million in settlement money.

The city has agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million to the families of two men who died on Rikers Island of methadone overdoses, ...

Almost a decade ago, plans were made to shut down Rikers Island for good. Here's the deadline the city was given to shut its ...

The city blew past a legal deadline Friday to release a detailed plan for closing Rikers Island, leaving its long-delayed ...

New York City has paid more than $5 million over the past few weeks to settle two suits alleging the city is responsible for ...

Mayor Mamdani officially named Dana Kaplan the inaugural Close Rikers czar on April 28. She has spent a decade working to close the jail.

City lawyers have agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million to settle lawsuits brought by the families of two men who died from ...

For decades, the unfixable Rikers Island has hurt New Yorkers — those inside the massive complex’s walls and all of us beyond ...

“These defendants are accused of using pepper spray on inmates in violation of department guidelines,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said in a statement. “To cover up these alleged violations, ...