USA TODAY on MSN: Where is Harvey Weinstein being held? What to know about Rikers Island
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has spent much of the last few years in a Rikers Island cell.
Where is Harvey Weinstein being held? What to know about Rikers Island
TAG24 on MSN: Mamdani announces new therapeutic facility as major milestone on path to closing Rikers Island
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday announced the opening of a first-of-its-kind outposted therapeutic housing unit as a step toward closing Rikers Island.
Mamdani announces new therapeutic facility as major milestone on path to closing Rikers Island
Rikers Island, New York City's most notorious jail complex, sits in the water between the Bronx and Queens. When I visited the complex in April 2025, I expected it to be hard to reach — and I wasn't ...
Advocates are urging the Mamdani administration to transfer a long-vacant Rikers Island jail facility out of Department of Correction control, saying the city must revive a jail decommissioning ...
Environmental advocates are renewing the push to make Rikers Island a centerpiece of New York City's climate strategy as Mayor Zohran Mamdani commits to closing the jail complex there. The jails ...
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – After two deaths at Rikers Island jail, New Yorkers have a clear message for Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his administration. “Do your job,” said Anisah Sabur, an activist who was ...
MSN: amNY Your Vote: Where does the next NYC mayor stand on the future of Rikers Island?
Rikers Island must be shut down by 2027, according to a city law enacted during the de Blasio Adminstration in 2019. However, those running this November to be the next NYC mayor aren't so sure that ...
amNY Your Vote: Where does the next NYC mayor stand on the future of Rikers Island?
Rikers Island is a humanitarian crisis, especially for those with severe mental illness. Instead of offering care, the jail isolates, neglects, and dehumanizes people who need treatment — not ...