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

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

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

County Executive Bruce Blakeman seemingly refused to comply with the federal mandate, but on Sunday he released a statement ...

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.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said in a statement that the flags will be lowered on Tuesday through Thursday.

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 flags in Nassau County will be at half-staff for President Carter from the commencement of Lying in State on January 7th through burial on January 9th,” Nassau County Executive Bruce ...

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