The corps created by Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, is “an authoritarian power grab in the heart of suburban ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman fed his affinity for culture war red meat that doesn’t actually help his constituents ...

Democratic legislators in Nassau are suing County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Sheriff Anthony LaRocco over a program that ...

Long Island Democrats and civil rights attorneys are fighting back against a plan to deputize private citizens, calling the ...

The suit challenges the legality of the “special deputy sheriffs” program announced in March 2024 to public outcry by ...

The Nassau County Police Department will be directly participating in ICE enforcement to detain undocumented immigrants ...

The so-called “militia” refers to the “provisional emergency special deputy sheriffs” program Blakeman established on March 17, 2024. The program deputizes volunteer citizens who are licensed to carry ...

Democratic lawmakers in New York filed a lawsuit alleging that a Republican county executive is trying to create a civilian ...

Democrats in suburban New York are suing a Republican county executive over his creation of an armed unit of volunteer ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman stressed this was a "targeted enforcement" against "illegal migrants who have ...