Democrats are looking to un-arm Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman's so-called "citizen deputies." They are ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s proposal to designate “special deputies” to assist law enforcement has drawn backlash — and comparisons to the Nazi militia known as the “Brownshirts.” ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

At a press conference, Nassau County legislator Seth Koslow declared, “We’re here today because Nassau County is wasting taxpayer dollars on a militia to protect us from problems we don’t have.

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." ...