With Joe Werkmeister Correction: The article has been updated to reflect that County Executive Bruce Blakeman is relying on a 1996 rule under immigration law that allows police to effect ...

Four new investigators, including a former police detective and parole officer, are joining the ranks of a first-in-New York program that County Executive Bruce Blakeman launched in 2023 to fast ...

The lawsuit, filed by a pair of Democratic county legislators, argues that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and county Sheriff Anthony LaRocco's move to deputize private citizens as ...

Nassau County Democratic lawmakers argue in their complaint filed Wednesday that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman lacked the legal authority to form a cadre of special sheriff’s deputies ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The idea of armed civilian special deputies is not sitting well with a number of Nassau County legislators. Trump signs executive order targeting transgender girls, women athletes US Marine ...

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