rikers island Archives – QNS

cold case

Springfield Gardens

Cold case homicide: Queens DA seeks public help in solving 2020 murder of correction officer

By Bill Parry

Rikers Island sign near prison

AMNY

Rikers Island sees another inmate die in custody amid calls for federal takeover – and return of ICE

border czar

Politics

Council Member Robert Holden praises Mayor Adams for reopening ICE Office on Rikers Island

By Colum Motherway

democrats

Politics

Queens Democrats call for Mayor Adams’ removal after federal corruption charges dismissed

By Shane O’Brien

Astoria Post

Two men charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a Steinway Street merchant for his Rolex watch: NYPD

holden

Politics

Holden calls out Mayor Adams—will he reopen ICE office on Rikers Island and tackle migrant crime?

By Bill Parry

Rikers Island

AMNY

Rikers Island ruling: Federal judge finds NYC in contempt of reform decree, ‘inclined’ to putting jail under receiver

rikers

Springfield Gardens

Rikers Island correction officer charged with rape of woman at his Springfield Gardens home: DA

By Bill Parry

weinstein

News

Queens judge orders Harvey Weinstein detained on Rikers Island pending Manhattan sex crimes retrial

By Bill Parry

A jail on Rikers Island.

AMNY

Advocates slam proposed 2031 deadline to complete new jails in Queens, Bronx

Rikers

Politics

Queens congressional candidate believes Rikers ‘is the right location’ and needs to stay open

By Ethan Marshall

Another Rikers Island suicide draws outrage

AMNY

NYC electeds spar over conditions at Rikers Island as federal takeover looms

murder

East Elmhurst man faces up to 50 years to life in prison for allegedly killing his own mother, brother: DA

By Bill Parry

AMNY

Third Rikers detainee dies this year as Adams admin pushes back on damning federal report

Restler

AMNY

Council members intro plan to reduce Rikers population by nearly 3,000

Assembly Member Latrice Walker

AMNY

Brooklyn Assembly Member to start hunger strike for the second year running to protest Hochul’s proposed bail changes

52766566971_d4f024543c_c

AMNY

City jails boss avoids providing up-to-date timeline on Rikers’ closure during council hearing

DSC04626-copy-2-copy-1200×800-1

AMNY

Correction Commissioner Louis Molina talks contraband and the state of medical services at Rikers Island

DSC09530-copy-2-1200×800-1

AMNY

Up close and personal: amNewYork sits down with Correction Commissioner Louis Molina about fate of Rikers Island

IMG_7656-copy-1200×900-1

PoliticsNY

Zeldin decries law that limits solitary confinement use as he gets city corrections officers’ union’s backing

52200472066_74d6468c3f_o-1200×801-1

PoliticsNY

Op-Ed: Treatment Not Jail, A Moral Imperative

DSC08145-copy-1200×847-1

AMNY

‘Rikers Island is a hellhole’: City pols, Corrections Department spar over surprise visit amid heatwave

AdamsRikers1-1200×801-1

PoliticsNY

Mayor Adams says circumstances crucial to understanding recent Rikers Island deaths

bail

AMNY

Op-ed: Backing bail rollbacks? You haven’t seen Rikers up close

More from Around New York

Jewish New Yorkers gathered in Central Park calling for the release of the remaining 63 Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas.

500 days of hell: Central Park rally demands release of all remaining Israeli hostages from Gaza

Community members lay flowers down in honor of Sam Nordquist.

West Village candlelight vigil remembers Sam Nordquist, other trans lives lost

KAtherine Heaverside Podcast ad_20251102_Schneps Communications_av4

Schneps Podcasts

Katherine Heaviside, President and Founder of Epoch 5 Public Relations

Free Kid and Family Activities in NYC: 10 Free Things to Do This Week

New York Family

Free Kid and Family Activities in NYC: 10 Free Things to Do This Week