Rikers Island plan
Members of an independent commission created a report that recommends New York City close the jail complex on Rikers Island over the next 10 years. Mayor Bill de Blasio quickly voiced his support. But three unions representing correction officers came together Tuesday in Lower Manhattan to fight back against the report, which they say ignores the real issues facing city jails.
Members of an independent commission created a report that recommends New York City close the jail complex on Rikers Island over the next 10 years. Mayor Bill de Blasio quickly voiced his support. But three unions representing correction officers came together Tuesday in Lower Manhattan to fight back against the report, which they say ignores the real issues facing city jails.
Bernard Kerik: Don't Close Rikers
The former NYPD commissioner and Dept. of Corrections commissioner says Rikers Island is not the problem, it's the management that needs to be dismantled.
The former NYPD commissioner and Dept. of Corrections commissioner says Rikers Island is not the problem, it's the management that needs to be dismantled.
Members of Commission Calling for Rikers Closure
Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice; and Stanley Richards, Senior Vice President at The Fortune Society, Inc., discuss their report calling for the closure of Rikers Island.
Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice; and Stanley Richards, Senior Vice President at The Fortune Society, Inc., discuss their report calling for the closure of Rikers Island.
Rikers Island jail closure planned
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio vows to close Riker Island.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio vows to close Riker Island.
Panel recommends closing Rikers Island Jail
Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito are expected to support the recommendation of an independent panel that will call for the closing of Rikers Island Jail, reports the WSJ.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito are expected to support the recommendation of an independent panel that will call for the closing of Rikers Island Jail, reports the WSJ.
Long lost sisters work at NYPD together
NYPD Officers Yadarquiris Molina and Jasmine Molina are sisters. They didn't know it, however, until the both started worked at the same precinct in the Bronx.
NYPD Officers Yadarquiris Molina and Jasmine Molina are sisters. They didn't know it, however, until the both started worked at the same precinct in the Bronx.
Speedier trials in New York?
Akeem Browder is pushing Albany for speedier trials. He knows the judicial process and its pitfalls after his brother Kalief Browder spent 3 years in Rikers Island but never went to trial. He went in as a 16-year-old and was released just before his 20th birthday. As a result of the trauma endured while incarcerated, Browder took his own life in 2015.
Akeem Browder is pushing Albany for speedier trials. He knows the judicial process and its pitfalls after his brother Kalief Browder spent 3 years in Rikers Island but never went to trial. He went in as a 16-year-old and was released just before his 20th birthday. As a result of the trauma endured while incarcerated, Browder took his own life in 2015.
Cop quits before firing in teen's death
NYPD Officer Richard Haste resigned before he could be fired in the shooting death of unarmed teen Ramarley Graham in 2012.
NYPD Officer Richard Haste resigned before he could be fired in the shooting death of unarmed teen Ramarley Graham in 2012.
EMT killed by man driving stolen ambulance
Yadira Arroyo, 44, a 14-year veteran of the FDNY EMT was killed by a disturbed man driving a stolen ambulance.
Yadira Arroyo, 44, a 14-year veteran of the FDNY EMT was killed by a disturbed man driving a stolen ambulance.
Concourse
The Concourse section is a community in the South Bronx that has a lot to offer. It takes its name from its main thoroughfare, the grand concourse. This majestic boulevard stretches for 4 miles throughout the borough and was modeled after the famous Champs-?lys?es in Paris. Many of the buildings that line the Grand Concourse are in the beaux arts and art deco style.
The Concourse section is a community in the South Bronx that has a lot to offer. It takes its name from its main thoroughfare, the grand concourse. This majestic boulevard stretches for 4 miles throughout the borough and was modeled after the famous Champs-?lys?es in Paris. Many of the buildings that line the Grand Concourse are in the beaux arts and art deco style.
Delivery man viciously assaulted
A Chinese food delivery man was punched, kicked, thrown to the ground and had his clothes ripped off by two thugs in the lobby of an apartment building in the Bronx.
A Chinese food delivery man was punched, kicked, thrown to the ground and had his clothes ripped off by two thugs in the lobby of an apartment building in the Bronx.
Passengers stuck 5 hours in Bronx on Amtrak train
Passengers aboard a Boston-bound train say they were stuck overnight for about five hours without heat. .
Passengers aboard a Boston-bound train say they were stuck overnight for about five hours without heat. .
1 dead, 3 injured in Bronx crash
A woman is dead and an off-duty police officer is in critical condition after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx.
A woman is dead and an off-duty police officer is in critical condition after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx.
Immigration seen from different perspectives
An exhibition at the Bronx Museum of the Arts looks at immigration from two different perspectives: from those who leave and those who stay.
An exhibition at the Bronx Museum of the Arts looks at immigration from two different perspectives: from those who leave and those who stay.
NYC real estate: Bronx
Kingsbridge in the Bronx topped StreetEasy's list of hot neighborhoods for 2017. It has a lot of rentals at good value.
Kingsbridge in the Bronx topped StreetEasy's list of hot neighborhoods for 2017. It has a lot of rentals at good value.
Finding Faith: Mother Teresa's legacy in New York
Mother Teresa was born in 1910. She died September 1997 at the age of 87. Born in Albania, she joined a religious order of Irish Catholic nuns. Later she would ask permission from the pope to found her own her order, the Missionaries of Charity. Her sisters are still doing her work around the world and in Harlem, Greenwich Village, Brooklyn and the South Bronx.
Mother Teresa was born in 1910. She died September 1997 at the age of 87. Born in Albania, she joined a religious order of Irish Catholic nuns. Later she would ask permission from the pope to found her own her order, the Missionaries of Charity. Her sisters are still doing her work around the world and in Harlem, Greenwich Village, Brooklyn and the South Bronx.