Police & Fire Governor takes steps to address dire conditions on Rikers Island following public outcry By Bill Parry
AMNY ‘I just witnessed an attempted suicide’: Elected officials shaken during latest Rikers Island visit
Jackson Heights Rikers Island descends into ‘disorder and chaos’ as Queens lawmaker discovers troubling development By Bill Parry
Astoria ‘An important, historic moment’: Mayor signs Queens councilman’s Renewable Rikers Act into law By Angélica Acevedo
Police & Fire City to begin effort to phase out solitary confinement in New York jails By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech
Politics Kew Gardens jail opponents file legal challenge against plan to close Rikers Island By Max Parrott
Long Island City As Rikers Island population drops, Queens Public Library offers workshops to help former inmates re-enter society By Bill Parry
Kew Gardens Acting Queens Borough President raises community outreach concerns over city’s plan to make Rikers Island public land By Max Parrott
Astoria Community Board 1 votes in favor of city’s plan to designate Rikers Island land public By Angélica Acevedo
Police & Fire Six Rikers Island corrections officers indicted for smuggling drugs into jails: Feds By Robert Pozarycki
Astoria City begins public review process to make Rikers Island a public space after prison complex is closed By Bill Parry
Politics ‘Appalled at the conditions’ in Rikers, Johnson urges de Blasio to move to end solitary confinement By Mark Hallum
Tomorrow, 4 pm NYC Hall of Science Series at Windsor Park: Camouflage Queens Public Library Windsor Park
amNY 500 days of hell: Central Park rally demands release of all remaining Israeli hostages from Gaza