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 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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...