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Nassau violates ICE agreement, detaining hundreds longer than legal limit, data shows Nassau detained more than 1,200 people with no criminal record on behalf of ICE this year.

NEW: Nassau violated its own agreement with ICE by detaining hundreds for days on end.

More than 60% had no criminal record www.newsday.com/long-island/...

12.12.2025 14:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nassau GOP is using Mamdani to drive voters to the polls on Tuesday, plastering his face on mailers and handing out hundreds of these t-shirts last night

30.10.2025 17:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

ICE held more than 1,400 people in East Meadow jail in last 5 months under agreement with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is allowing ICE to use its jail facilities.

ICE uses Nassau jail to detain 1,400 people — many arrested in NYC — under Blakeman program www.newsday.com/long-island/...

10.07.2025 12:33 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

ICE held more than 1,400 people in East Meadow jail in last 5 months under agreement with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is allowing ICE to use its jail facilities.

Nassau County's upgraded partnership with ICE has resulted in more than 1400 immigrants sent to an East Meadow jail in the last 5 months.

Last year that number was zero.

@baharostadan.bsky.social has the details via @newsday.bsky.social.

www.newsday.com/long-island/...

10.07.2025 11:39 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.

17.06.2025 16:12 — 👍 3588    🔁 1057    💬 120    📌 150

Nassau County triples spending on outside lawyers under Blakeman administration Large contracts went to firms that have also done work for President Donald Trump or have donated to Republicans.

Under Bruce Blakeman, Nassau has tripled its spending on private lawyers.

While neighboring Suffolk County spends $3 million/year, Nassau spends $20 million — doling out contracts to white-shoe firms that work for Trump and donate to Blakeman www.newsday.com/long-island/...

23.02.2025 15:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

NYPD considers lowering college requirement to bolster recruiting, sources say The department is facing an exodus of police officers who are retiring or quitting.

NEW: The NYPD may lower its college credit requirement to recruit more cops.

You currently need at least 60 credits with a 2.0 GPA or 2 years in the military. www.newsday.com/news/new-yor...

17.02.2025 19:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nassau police are embedding with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Here's what to know. Legal experts raise concerns about how the county will implement its new program.

NEW: Nassau has officially signed onto a decades-old ICE program that — until now — has existed mostly in the South.

Nassau cops will now arrest and help deport undocumented immigrants. Here’s what to know: www.newsday.com/long-island/...

12.02.2025 15:06 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 3