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

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

Newsday plans to sue Bruce Blakeman, the executive of Nassau County, N.Y., after he made The New York Post the government’s official publication. By Santul Nerkar News outlets around the United ...

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

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 ...

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

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

A New York Congresswoman has expressed support for Nassau County’s agreement to allow police detectives to work directly with U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

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." ...

Nassau County is enlisting ex-cops and detectives as special investigators to look into child abuse cases in an effort to help out the overwhelmed Department of Social Services, officials said.

More than three years after unseating Democratic Nassau County Executive Laura Curran in a big upset election, her GOP ...