After serving 26 years in prison for a murder he says he didn’t commit, Michael Robinson was back in a Queens courtroom Thursday, facing a retrial around half a decade after new DNA evidence unraveled his original conviction.
Read MoreA Queens judge this week refused to throw out charges against Jabez Chakraborty, a 23-year-old shot by police while in the throes of a mental health crisis in January, ruling that prosecutors did not violate his rights by indicting him while he was shackled to a hospital bed recovering from his gunshot wounds.
Read MoreThe Department of Correction has stonewalled a court monitor looking for answers about fire safety practices in the city’s jails, even as more than 40 fires were started by detainees over the last weeks of 2025, according to a new report.
Read MoreOver 1,000 NYPD misconduct suits were disposed of in New York City courts last year, the most since 2019. All together, the cases cost taxpayers over $117 million, marking the fourth year running where misconduct payouts topped $100 million.
Read MoreThe sweeping powers of the yet-to-be-named receiver that will soon assume control over much of the city’s jail system were detailed in a recent ruling from a federal judge.
Read MoreLeadership for the city’s two juvenile detention centers faced heavy scrutiny by the City Council during an oversight hearing on Monday after recent reports found that children under their supervision were without bedrooms and missing classes.
Read MoreHundreds of pages detailing secretive contracts the NYPD held with surveillance technology firms were released for the first time this week, five years after the City Council passed a law requiring the department to report their use of the tech.
Read MoreA 57-year-old home health aide, is suing her landlord, Zara Realty, for “using the courts as a weapon, “ as well the landlord’s attorneys for rubber-stamping lawsuits against her.
Read MoreThe months-long saga of legal aid strikes came to its official end after the last striking union reached an agreement with their employer, but at an unexpected cost.
Read MoreThe New York City Department of Correction has regularly violated state law by illegally confining people in jail cells for over 24 hours at a time without access to proper medical care, a new lawsuit claims.
Read MoreThe city’s first-in-the-nation right to counsel program has failed to live up to its potential after years of underfunding and mismanagement have left around three quarters of eligible New Yorkers without full legal representation in Housing Court, a new report shows.
Read MoreThe search for the person who will assume significant control of the city’s notoriously violent jails, taking power away from the mayor and Department of Correction commissioner, began in earnest on Friday.
Read MoreThe number of detainees missing their medical appointments on Rikers Island has skyrocketed this summer, with a single facility within the troubled jail complex driving the spike.
Read MoreThe state consistently violates judicial orders by leaving detainees in need of psychiatric treatment ahead of their trial behind bars for months at a time, a new lawsuit alleges.
Read MoreA group of public defender organizations and immigration nonprofits are calling on a federal court to dismiss the Trump administration’s lawsuit challenging a New York State law that protects immigrants when they appear in court.
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