Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman joins a list of mostly Southern leaders to advance President Donald Trump's mass ...

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

Democrats are looking to un-arm Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman's so-called "citizen deputies." They are ...

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

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s proposal to designate “special deputies” to assist law enforcement has drawn backlash — and comparisons to the Nazi militia known as the “Brownshirts.” ...

Long Island lawmakers have sued Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and a local sheriff for a program sanctioning a ...

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 ...

A New York Republican county executive is being sued over a move to deputize citizens for law-enforcement efforts, with ...

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

NEW YORK - Snow, sleet and ice hit the Tri-State Area on Saturday. Snow fell across the region for several hours Saturday ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman called the lawsuit “frivolous.” AP “New York State law does not authorize defendants to create a taxpayer-funded militia,” the lawsuit states.