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As of now, the city law, passed in 2019 under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, mandates that Rikers be closed by 2027 and replaced by borough-based jails. Adams has been slammed for “abandoning” the plan.

We at the Amsterdam News wanted to take a second to talk about the U.S. Constitution, one of the most influential and “living” legal documents in the world.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she and the State Legislature reached an agreement on the budget for fiscal year 2026.

There’s something inherently dangerous about traveling alone across the country. America is wide, vast, and in many ways experiencing a constitutional crisis. Throw in the added layers of being female ...

Brown spent 23 years out of a 40-year sentence in prison for a 1999 shooting which injured two men, leaving one victim paralyzed. During the original trial, his previous lawyer failed to mention a leg ...

To get Venezuela off its back and to cease it from scaring away investors by threatening to invade and take the Essequibo, Guyana had back in 2018 approached the Court for a once and for all ruling.

Due to traffic, the bus runs significantly slower than the citywide average, moving at just four miles per hour in some busier segments. Last summer, the city unveiled formative plans to paint a ...

The book is essentially about a success story, the realization of a dream Lonnie had after re-reading Albion Tourgee’s 1879 novel “A Fool’s Errand.” Lonnie said that he saw “the journey to build a ...

Monday night dramatically altered the strength of the lens through which many Knicks fans are viewing this season.

Child abuse investigations by NYC’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) often target low-income Black and Latino women.

Elon Musk, once hailed as a tech visionary, has revealed himself as a figure whose actions and alliances are deeply troubling.