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NYC inmate on the run after slipping cuffs and dashing from cops at Bellevue Hospital
An inmate slipped out of his handcuffs and escaped from police custody at Bellevue Hospital Wednesday as officials prepared to bring him back to Rikers Island, officials and sources said.
George Takei remembers horrors of Japanese internment camp: 'We had nothing'
"Star Trek" star George Takei recalled his family's experience being put into an internment camp during World War II because of their Japanese heritage.
Woman attacked in NYC Whole Foods sues store for not keeping shoppers safe
A woman who was bashed in the head with a glass bottle while grocery shopping says Whole Foods failed to adequately hire security and keep its customers safe, according to...
Harvey Weinstein shipped back to Rikers after reports of cushy treatment — including private bathroom, TV — at NYC hospital
Harvey Weinstein was transferred to Rikers Island following a report of his cushy treatment while receiving medical care at Bellevue Hospital, a source said.
NYC Department of Corrections yanks all 3,000 body cameras after one ignites injuring officer
The captain’s body camera caught on fire Friday, prompting unions to ask for a full safety review, officials said.
Harvey Weinstein cooling his heels in special Rikers cell after overturned rape conviction
The fallen movie mogul is cooling his heels in a special cell unit at Rikers' west facility for inmates with medical issues.
NYC Council grills DOC on rising unresolved inmate complaints -- including claims about sexual assault
Fewer than one in five inmate complaints on Rikers Island over the last four years ever saw any resolution, including women who sounded the alarm over their sexual assault, according...
Accused murderer beat Rikers Island guard unconscious because he was 'irate' about locked cell: DA
Tymirh Bey-Foster, 21, allegedly attacked a Rikers corrections officer even after she doused him with pepper spray to defend herself
NYC correction officers union argues federal court takeover of Rikers would leave violence-plagued prison in 'chaos'
The city’s correction officer union is backing the Adams administration’s fight to block a federal court from taking over Rikers Island, insisting such action would only make the violence-plagued jail...
Two NYC correction officers left bloodied, battered by inmates in one violent day on Rikers Island
Two city correction officers were left with serious injuries after the attacks, which happened in two different holding areas on Sunday.
NYC paying $28M settlement to family of Rikers inmate left severely brain damaged after suicide attempt: report
Nicholas Feliciano needs help walking and eating, and remembers little from before the 2019 suicide attempt.
Squatters terrorized NYC block for months before burning house down, fed-up neighbors say
Squatters terrorized a Brooklyn home for months before burning the house down to the ground -- leaving neighbors demanding action after yet another Big Apple squatter nightmare surfaces.
Ex-Rikers guard sexually assaulted by inmate claims deputy warden laughed at attack, said 'don't tell your husband'
A former Rikers jail guard who was sexually assaulted and attacked by an inmate three times in the same day is suing the department – and claims that a female...
Drug dealer duo tried to sneak court docs soaked in liquid fentanyl into Rikers: DA
Adam Kamagate and Curtis Braswell were indicted for allegedly tried to smuggle liquid fentanyl and other deadly drugs into Rikers Island through laced court docs, Staten Island District Attorney Michael...
Inmate viciously stabs fellow Gorilla Stone Bloods gangbanger with Plexiglas blade in Rikers Island horror: DA
Shane Delisle, a 25-year-old hood known on the street as “Bankroll” or “Swerve,” has been indicted on one charge of second-degree attempted murder for the December crime.,
Rikers inmate chokes female correction officer weeks after another attack left guard with fractured nasal bones
The attacks — which happened on January 16 and February 16, respectively — were both shock-and-awe assaults launched by hulking inmates that caught both officers completely off-guard, the traumatized victims...
‘Sanctuary’ church puts up $15K bail to free migrant accused in Times Square police beatdown
Yohenry Brito, 19, the only member of the migrant mob charged with ganging up on two NYPD cops in Times Square, is now also free after Brooklyn church posted his...
Accused murderer stabs fellow inmate dozens of times at Rikers Island
An accused murderer stabbed another inmate dozens of times at Rikers Island Tuesday in the latest act of violence at the city lockup, police and sources said. Phillip Moreno, who...
NYPD forced to report nearly every public interaction as council overwhelmingly rejects Adams' veto of cop-stop bill
The New York City Council overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to override Mayor Eric Adams' veto of the controversial cop stops bill that will now force NYPD officers to document nearly every...
If City Council wants to make Rikers less violent, it must let Adams' veto on solitary confinement stand
Mayor Eric Adams vetoed two bills last week, including the How Many Stops Act.