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

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

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

A Democratic congresswoman from New York has expressed support for Nassau County’s agreement to allow police detectives to ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

The idea of armed civilian special deputies is not sitting well with a number of Nassau County legislators. The idea of armed ...

Nassau County police will work directly with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to carry out operations, Nassau ...