Jacob Kaye

While the federal monitor tasked with tracking conditions on Rikers Island appears optimistic about the leadership of the two new officials in charge of the city's jails, violence in the troubled complex remains high, the monitor said in a new report

By Jacob Kaye, Ryan Schwach and Noah Powelson Rain trickled in throughout Tuesday in Queens, potentially dampening some voters' enthusiasm for a slew of contested races in the World's Borough.

A highly anticipated report commissioned by the state after two incarcerated men were killed by prison officers last year found that New York's prisons are plagued by a slew of issues that have left the state facilities dangerous for both incarcerated people and guards alike.

By Jacob Kaye Not long ago, a massive brawl broke out on Rikers Island.

Queens Defenders' former executive director and her ex-husband asked a judge for leniency ahead of their joint sentencing scheduled for next week after the pair admitted to defrauding and effectively bankrupting one of the borough's largest public defense firms last year.

The former executive director of Queens Defenders and her ex-husband were sentenced to prison on Tuesday after siphoning off over $656,000 from the nonprofit, “effectively destroying" the organization that once represented tens of thousands of low-income clients facing criminal charges in the World's Borough.

The mayor on Friday appointed a prominent criminal justice expert to lead the city's Civilian Complaint Review Board, the NYPD's oversight body, marking the first time in over six years that the watchdog group has had a permanent chairperson.

The mayor on Friday appointed a prominent criminal justice expert to lead the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, the NYPD’s oversight body, marking th

The Independent Rikers Commission is hoping to remind New Yorkers why the city first began to endeavor closing its dangerous jail complex, even if it has no shot at hitting the legally-mandated 2027 deadline to do so.

A federal appeals court recently upheld a lower court ruling that found that New Yorkers have the right to access prosecutorial disciplinary proceedings and records, which are currently shrouded in secrecy.