“Republican lawmakers drew a map to provide them political advantages while disenfranchising communities of color throughout the county,” New York State and Nassau County Democratic Committee ...

Nassau legislators serve two-year terms and there are no term limits. Other countywide offices, including that of the county executive, district attorney, county comptroller and county clerk will also ...

The second lawsuit, filed last February by the Brooklyn-based advocacy group New York Communities for Change, alleged racially polarized voting occurred in Nassau and the redistricting plan "dilutes ...

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color. Nassau County reached a settlement ...

Nassau County ... Four new investigators, including a former police detective and parole officer, are joining the ranks of a first-in-New York program that County Executive Bruce Blakeman launched ...

The settlement -- the first of its kind under the New York Municipal Home Rule Law and New York Voting Rights Act -- secures fair maps for Nassau County voters, replacing Nassau County's current ...

"Our partnership sends a clear message that ICE and Nassau County stand committed to prioritizing the safety of our our public," Acting Deputy New York City ICE Field Office Director Brian ...

Democrats in suburban New York ... county executive over his creation of an armed unit of volunteer residents, saying it amounts to an “illegal, taxpayer-funded civilian militia.” Nassau ...

The corps created by Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive ... and ongoing waste of public funds” in the county, which is just east of New York City. The suit was filed in State Supreme ...

And this is a direct attack." Nassau County will receive federal funding for the cost of the use of the detectives. In response, the New York Civil Liberties Union called the plan "a dangerous ...

Nassau County will become the largest police force in New York state, and among the largest in the country, to be granted special powers to crack down on illegal immigration, he said. The Republic ...

NASSAU COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) -- In Nassau County, Democrats are suing Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman over his creation of an armed citizen deputy program. The program deputizes ...