Harvey Weinstein begs to get out of Rikers Island 'hell hole' in court
Harvey Weinstein begged a Manhattan judge on Wednesday to put him on trial earlier than planned, saying he isn't sure he will ...
City & State New York8d
A timeline on the closure of Rikers Island
Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...
Queens Daily Eagle12d
Rikers replacement in Manhattan to open five years after jail complex’s closure
While it’s long been expected, the contract presented for Manhattan’s borough-based jail made it official – none of the new ...
Business Insider27d
7 statistics that put the devastation of the Los Angeles wildfires into perspective
The Palisades Fire alone has burned through 17,000 acres. That's larger than the entire island of Manhattan. That makes the fire, which started on Tuesday morning, the most destructive fire in Los ...