For a few moments, they sat in stunned silence. Then, they were full of questions. A select group of ministers and faith-based activists gathered in a screening room at the Brooklyn Academy of Music ...

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 ...

I spent three-and-a-half years on Rikers Island, as both an adolescent and adult. During this time, I experienced and witnessed countless episodes of abuse and neglect, including frequent medical and ...

For New York City’s mayor, the hard part isn’t deciding whether or not to shut down Rikers, but figuring out how to do it safely and in a timely way. NEW YORK – Ever since Zohran Mamdani took office ...

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