“We are now working on implementing an executive order that will reestablish the ability for ICE agents to operate on Rikers Island — as was the case for 20 years,” he continued. The ICE ...

A former assistant chief at New York’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office heralded Mayor Eric Adams’ vow to reopen Rikers Island to the feds, saying it is a “critical” step ...

When Mayor Eric Adams appointed Lynelle Maginley-Liddie in December 2023 to lead the city's Correction Department, he said “she has played a central role in the progress we have made" in ...

When Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered the parties in the Rikers Island litigation to come to a joint agreement on the potential structure and powers of a federal receiver tasked ...

Having long fought against the appointment of an independent monitor to reform Rikers Island, the Adams administration has presented a plan for a different entity to take charge of the troubled jails ...

Anne R. Riker, 94, of Lake County, Florida went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, February 11th, 2025. She was born in Findlay, Ohio on October 10, 1930, the eldest of six children born to Harley R.

City Hall late Friday told a federal judge that she should look no further than the current Department of Correction commissioner should she choose to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island ...

With only two and a half years to go before the legally-binding deadline to close Rikers Island, the city this week moved forward with the final of its four contracts for the construction of the ...

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