Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said Friday. Seeking to tamp down what advocates called widespread fears in the immigrant community, Blakeman said authorities will pursue only immigrants ...

Democratic legislators are suing Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman claiming that the Long Island Republican illegally created a tax-payer-funded militia — allegations his office quickly ...

The corps created by Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, is “an authoritarian power grab in the heart of suburban America,” said a lawyer representing county lawmakers. By Corey ...

This week, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman fed his affinity for culture war red meat that doesn’t actually help his constituents by announcing that the Nassau County Police Department had ...

Democratic Nassau County legislators are joining together to sue Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman over his plan to deputize citizens as members of the county sheriff’s ...

Democrats are looking to un-arm Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman's so-called "citizen deputies." They are challenging the creation of what they call an unnecessary and illegal taxpayer ...

They’ve filed a suit against county executive Bruce Blakeman in the state Supreme Court, demanding that he end what they call his private militia. At a press conference, Nassau County legislator ...

Long Island lawmakers have sued Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and a local sheriff over a program sanctioning a taxpayer-funded militia of armed civilians shrouded “in secrecy.” ...

Democrats in the Nassau County Legislature filed a lawsuit against County Executive Bruce Blakeman over his "provisional special deputies program," a force of armed civilians he would activate in ...

As I reported last April, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman faced backlash over his proposal to designate handpicked civilians as “special deputies” and essentially grant them policelike ...

Democratic legislators in Nassau are suing County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Sheriff Anthony LaRocco over a program that deputizes armed citizens for mobilization during emergency declarations.

Nassau County police officers will now be assisting federal authorities with immigration enforcement in what county executive Bruce Blakeman is calling a "big change" that "was sorely needed." ...