The City Council is considering spending $1.1 million on a measure aimed at speeding up the closing of Rikers Island — a bid Mayor Eric Adams’ office slammed as a “redundant,

The New York City Council filed a lawsuit Tuesday​ trying to stop the Adams administration's move allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate on Rikers Island.

Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry said the Adams administration’s plan to allow ICE to operate an office on Rikers Island is “moving full steam ahead,” despite a lawsuit by the New York City Council seeking to stop it.