A Republican county official on Long Island who had refused to lower flags to half-staff following the death of former ...

A verbal battle has broken out in Nassau County over Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman's apparent ignoring of a nationwide request to honor former President Jimmy Carter.

A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York's Long Island  seemingly refused to lower flags to half-staff in ...

Critics had assailed the Nassau County executive for not ordering flags at half-staff to honor the 39th president.

A New York county that hadn’t been flying flags at half-staff following former President Jimmy Carter’s death announced on ...

Flags have been lowered to half-staff at federal, state and local buildings around the country to memorialize former President Jimmy Carter — but not in Nassau County, where County Executive Bruce ...

Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman is lowering flags for just three days—a significantly shorter period of time than most ...

A local Democrat said lowering the flags would be "a small yet powerful gesture that reflects our shared values." ...

A petty Republican county executive on Long Island has refused to lower flags to half-staff to honor the late President Jimmy Carter. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has declined to comment on ...