In the shadow of New York City, the biggest and one of the bluesiest cities in America, Nassau and Suffolk Counties have seen a growth of far-right /anti-government groups. These groups designated by ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s proposal to designate “special deputies” to assist law enforcement has drawn ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Long Island lawmakers have sued Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and a local sheriff for a program sanctioning a ...

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