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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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.

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 ...