Gov. Hochul on Tuesday ordered state criminal courts in New York City to expand remote hearings to ease the burden on the city Correction Department, which staffs Rikers Island. The jail complex has ...
New York City’s jails watchdog is set to go woke — scrapping the words “inmate” and “inmates” from its rule book and replacing them with “people in custody” or “person in custody.” The proposed rule ...
Rikers Island inmates watch the World Cup semifinal soccer match between England and Argentina, at the jail complex in New York, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. The New York City Board of Correction is ...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announces a one-year statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers as the state develops regulations governing their energy, environmental and community impacts.