The jail barge, officially called the Vernon C. Bain Center, was a relic of the crack cocaine era. It was notorious even ...

For three decades, the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center was moored to the banks of Hunts Point, serving as an overflow facility for Rikers Island.

The notorious floating jail complex off Rikers Island known as “The Boat” is being moved south to be turned into scrap metal.

The baking soda's owner laughed and told a state trooper to try it, but the trooper seized the substance and later charged ...

As early voting begins in New York City’s mayoral election, the race comes down to this: whether voters want law and order in ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city’s criminal justice system. The city is ...

Cuomo had recently called for the jail to be shut down, and his chief rivals in the race wasted no time criticizing his ...

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday if elected mayor he would cancel the closure of Rikers Island – New York City’s infamous jail complex – in favor of a plan to demolish and rebuild on ...

There is little in common among the three candidates for mayor, and their views on the future of Rikers Island are no exception.The jail complex is legally obligated to close ...

"The next mayor’s commitment to public safety shouldn’t be measured by how many people they jail, but by how they prevent ...

(The Center Square) — New York mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo is being lambasted by his political rivals over his shifting plans for the city's notorious Rikers Island jail. Speaking at a Crain’s New ...