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.

Nassau County Democratic lawmakers argue in their complaint filed Wednesday that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman ...

The order, called “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” is based on the Trump administration’s interpretation of Title IX.

CBS New New York's Jennifer McLogan says Democrats want to un-arm Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman's so called ...

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 ...

Nassau County police officers will now be assisting federal authorities with immigration enforcement in what county executive ...

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

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

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." ...