Nassau County has hired another batch of former law enforcement officials to investigate reports of child abuse and neglect for the Department of Social Services, an effort intended to relieve ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman fed his affinity for culture war red meat that doesn’t actually help his constituents ...

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

The suit challenges the legality of the “special deputy sheriffs” program announced in March 2024 to public outcry by ...

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 ...

The idea of armed civilian special deputies is not sitting well with a number of Nassau County legislators. They’ve filed a suit against county executive Bruce ...

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 ...

Democrats in the Nassau County Legislature sued County Executive Bruce Blakeman over his "provisional special deputies ...

It's something that opponents say amounts to an illegal militia and they are calling it "an authoritarian power grab in the heart of suburban America." ...