RIKERS ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) – A court hearing that will be held in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday aims to determine whether ICE and other federal agencies can set up shop on Rikers Island.

The Adams administration is pushing for an ICE office, with Mayor Eric Adams arguing that putting federal agents on Rikers Island will help get violent criminals out of New York City.

"We are moving full steam ahead to have these federal authorities on the island," said Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry in an interview with PIX11's Dan Mannarino. "This is a good move, and this is going to keep New Yorkers safe. We are going after these public safety threats."

ICE had been on Rikers Island for decades until 2014, when the City Council kicked the agency out. The Legal Aid Society and other crimina

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