The deaths were the first in 2025 to be connected to the Rikers Island jail complex, which may be taken over by a court-appointed receiver.

A Rikers Island inmate died while in custody on Monday, marking the second in-custody death of 2025, less than a week after the death of another inmate, according to the New York City Department of Correction.

The man had a medical emergency while in a holding area at Manhattan court, according to the city Department of Correction

New York City’s Long Winter of Discontent. Crime, corruption, and congestion are all part of a city where no one knows if the mayor may go to jail or Andrew Cuomo could return.

The city Department of Correction said it was still investigating the death and had no further details on how the person died.

The executive order seems to get around New York City’s sanctuary laws designed to prevent cooperation with the enforcement of federal immigration law.

A Rikers Island jail complex inmate died while in custody on Wednesday morning, marking the first detainee death so far in 2025, according to the New York City Department of Correction.

A former assistant chief at New York’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office heralded Mayor Eric Adams’ vow to reopen Rikers Island to the feds, saying it is a

Mayor Eric Adams vowed to reopen the shuttered ICE office at Rikers Island following ... we should hand criminals over.’ Now [New York] Gov. [Kathy] Hochul, she came out after the violence here in New York City saying, ‘Well… criminal aliens should ...

New York Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday met with border czar Tom Homan and federal officials for a closed-door meeting to discuss illegal immigration.

Adams says he will issue executive order reestablishing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence at complex

The reaction to the mayor’s deal with the Trump administration to re-open ICE immigration operations on Rikers Island has sparked sharp division, with angry opposition among advocates and