Local Law 42 was passed in December 2023, and the City Council overrode the mayor’s subsequent veto in January 2024. Since then, Adams has used repeated executive orders to suspend parts of the ...

New York Judge Mary Rosado’s decision Friday is a setback for the Democratic mayor, who issued an executive order permitting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies ...

A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled Mayor Adams broke the law when he refused to implement elements of a city law severely restricting the use of solitary confinement in the jails.

Judge blocks Mayor Adams’ plan to allow immigration agents in New York City jail The Rikers Island jail complex in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background.

New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, left, is pictured at a press conference about Justice Mary Rosado’s ruling to maintain a restraining order in place to keep ICE off of Rikers Island ...

Mayor Eric Adams “violated” the law when he blocked the City Council’s ban on solitary confinement in Big Apple prisons, a Manhattan judge ruled Monday. “Mayor Adams acted beyond … ...