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 ...

The publication reported Blakeman "rebuffed" a request from Nassau County Democrat Seth Koslow to have the flags put at half-staff. Newsweek contacted Bruce Blakeman and the Nassau County ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, has not publicly explained his reason for not lowering flags at Nassau County-operated buildings. Following Carter's death Sunday, President ...

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 ...

Flags are flying at half-staff across the country to commemorate former President Jimmy Carter — except for in one New York county. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has refused to lower ...