Most of the nation, minus Nassau County, will have flags lowered for 19 additional days out of respect. "The fact that Bruce Blakeman decided to lower the flags for a mere two days is more of a ...

Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said flags will be lowered to half-staff to commemorate former President Jimmy Carter, ending a period of uncertainty over whether the county ...

Newsday Opinion received more than three dozen letters from Long Islanders over the initial refusal by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman to lower the U.S. flag to half-mast to honor former ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, released a statement Sunday saying flags will be lowered at county-operated buildings while Carter lies in state from Tuesday through his ...