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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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New York’s Department of Corrections has opened a wellness center for guards on Rikers — including a “serenity room,” a gym and business center — in an ongoing push to help COs live more ...