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

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 suit claims a Republican county executive's creation of an armed unit of volunteer residents amounts to an “illegal, ...

Two local lawmakers sued New York’s Nassau County and Executive Bruce Blakeman for creating what they claim is a “taxpayer ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Trump has “brought back two organizations that have extremely long track records of violence” with his mass pardoning of ...

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