Queens lawmakers denounce city’s removal of former Rikers Island inmates to Fresh Meadows hotel

Queens DA expedites disposition to avoid keeping defendant on Rikers Island during pandemic

Rikers Island jail officers union sues New York City over coronavirus

Kew Gardens jail opponents file legal challenge against plan to close Rikers Island

As Rikers Island population drops, Queens Public Library offers workshops to help former inmates re-enter society

Acting Queens Borough President raises community outreach concerns over city’s plan to make Rikers Island public land

Community Board 1 votes in favor of city’s plan to designate Rikers Island land public

Six Rikers Island corrections officers indicted for smuggling drugs into jails: Feds

City begins public review process to make Rikers Island a public space after prison complex is closed

Candidates for Queens district attorney do not see eye-to-eye on closing Rikers Island prison complex

City Council approves plan to close prisons on Rikers Island and build borough-based jails

City Council committee passes resolution on future of Rikers Island that would ban new jails to replace current complex

Queens activists join others across city at hearing over plan to replace Rikers Island with borough jails

Have ideas for the future of Rikers Island or any other Queens waterfront space? Speak out at August open house

UPDATED: Katz rejects Kew Gardens jail plan, but says ‘closing Rikers Island is a moral imperative’

Western Queens elected officials host renewable Rikers Island forum in Jackson Heights

From mean to green? Queens Councilman Constantinides sees an eco-friendly future for Rikers Island

Residents doubt Koslowitz’s stance on Kew Gardens jail, question why Rikers Island can’t be rebuilt

Kew Gardens residents oppose city’s plan to close Rikers Island

‘This is propaganda’: Divisions arise at Queens meeting over Rikers Island closure & borough-based jails

Tempers flare at heated Rikers Island debate

This Queens librarian gives inmates on Rikers Island the gift of the written word

Holden calls for commission to determine cost of renovating Rikers Island

Veterans get housing area of their own at Rikers Island