#Staten Island

#Staten Island

A federal monitor who supervises the jail complex on Rikers Island is expected to deliver a sharp rebuke of New York City's jails chief, Louis A. Molina, in court Tuesday over violent or negligent treatment of incarcerated people by jail staff.In three reports filed in Federal District Court in recent weeks, the monitor, Steve J. Martin, has accused Mr. Molina and his Department of Correction staff of hiding information and shirking responsibility for recent events at Rikers.

When four men were charged this week in the brazen armed robberies of two Manhattan jewelers, their ages suggested it might not be their first encounter with the criminal justice system.It wasn't.Among them, according to officials and court documents, the men have ties to the Genovese, Lucchese and Kansas City, Mo., crime families; a history of bank robberies, racketeering and killings; and a jailbreak reminiscent of a Hollywood movie.

Brooklyn isn't just the most populated borough in New York City.It's also a pre-prohibition cocktail that sips like a dream.When you follow our easy Brooklyn cocktail recipe, you'll forget about the other four boroughs before you get to the bottom of the glass.Brooklyn is no longer under the shadow of Manhattan.

When Joc Pederson takes the field for Israel in the World Baseball Classic in Miami, he'll be wearing bright silver cleats with blue Stars of David inside each Nike swoosh.Edwin Díaz commissioned two different designs to wear for Puerto Rico: blue with a bronze trumpet across the Adidas stripes, and red with white and blue trumpets, a reference to the closer's intro music.