A judge found New York City in contempt of an agreement meant to improve jail conditions, setting the stage for a ...

A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she was leaning toward ordering a federal takeover of New York City's Rikers Island jail ...

Awaiting a new New York trial next year on additional sex crimes charges, Harvey Weinstein seems to be wishing he was ...

The judge said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” by failing to comply with 18 separate ...

US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” ...

A judge ruled New York City is now in contempt over "grave" conditions at the Rikers Island prison complex, with a federal ...

A judge's scathing ruling Wednesday moves New York City's troubled Rikers Island jail complex a step closer to a federal ...

The finding was a landmark in a court case that has stretched out over more than a decade. Plans for a receivership of New ...

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging the disgraced Hollywood mogul is ...

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers have filed a legal claim against New York City over allegedly substandard medical treatment and ...

A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on ...