After years of litigation, a federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to run Rikers Island and report directly to her, taking control of the troubled complex away from New York City.

Last Tuesday, Laura Taylor Swain, the chief district judge for Manhattan federal court, ruled that she will soon appoint an independent “remediation manager” to enact stalled reforms.

In appointing a receiver by another name to run Rikers Island ... instead embracing the hybrid solution of a so-called remediation manager that would be appointed to work alongside DOC ...

Judge Laura Taylor Swain said in a new ruling that she will appoint an independent “remediation manager” to improve conditions on Rikers Island, which has long been plagued by violence and ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – A federal judge has appointed a remediation manager to oversee the cleanup of Rikers Island. The decision was filed as part of Chief United States District Judge Laura ...

The vast majority of people detained at Rikers are waiting for their day in court and have not been convicted of any crime.

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has seized control of the facility from New York City and placed it under the ...

New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex ... The official, known as a “remediation manager,” will report directly ...

Ten years after Kalief Browder’s death by suicide, his story lingers as a reminder of both the horrors of New York City’s ...