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 ...

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

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

Hezbollah, a powerful Iran-backed militia, has long been the country’s dominant political force and has formed part of the ...

Are public taxpayer dollars being used to finance a controversial Nassau County civilian law enforcement program? Democrats ...

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

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

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 ...