If a federal judge follows through with her threat to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island, she should make sure ...

To be clear, homelessness is not a crime; it’s a tragedy. No one should ever be sent to Rikers for the failure of city ...

The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...

The mother of a New York City correction officer exclusively spoke to Eyewitness News to plead for help finding the killer who shot her son five years ago.

A Rikers Island correction officer suffered bleeding on the brain and underwent emergency surgery after she was struck in the ...

A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, ...

A new documentary by Catherine Gund tracks the loss, painting over and recovery of Ringgold’s motivational composition “For ...

Hochul’s newest plan will put hundreds of NYPD officers—all costing the city overtime pay —to man every overnight subway train.

Al Booker, 41, has managed to rack up more than 40 arrests -- mostly for burglary and criminal mischief -- in a Manhattan ...

The new documentary "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" details the history of a painting by Faith Ringgold, created for the Rikers ...

The most ethnically and religiously diverse city in the world, says Vijah Ramjattan, could use a new approach to its hate crime prevention: one characterized by a pluralistic Hindu worldview.

In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided ...