August 20, 2025 • 10 mins
Nassau County has been gathering and arresting more and more gang members week in and week out. Nassau County looks to be a safe place to live because of the decisions being made politically. Bruce Blakeman wants the beaches to be open despite threats from Hurricane Erin, but there are restrictions.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Thanks for being here this morning. Guess what, after all
of this passes over the next couple of days, it's
going to be a beautiful weekend. Just keep thinking about that.
Just keep thinking about that, especially if you've got a
place down the shore for the weekend or you're heading
down there this weekend. It is expected to be nice
in our Big Three. Will you just heard Ken Boone
(00:22):
meteorologists talking about this Hurricane Aaron is still way off shore,
but that doesn't mean it's not going to hit North
Carolina hard with its outer bends, and there is a
mandatory evacuation order for the outer banks of North Carolina.
There's lineups of cars that you're going to see on
the news, and it's going to hit Long Island and
(00:43):
New Jersey tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Please please take this seriously, particularly push back on complacency,
on the human nature of gosh, it's beautiful outside, let's
get let's sneak a quick dip in the water. This
is not the week to do that.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Well, haven't seen him for a while. Governor of New Jersey,
thanks for making an appearance. A state of emergency has
been declared in New Jersey starting at two o'clock on Thursday,
that's when it's expected to hit us. The Justice Department
is warning sanctuary states and cities like New York and
New Jersey and Connecticut to comply with federal immigration laws
(01:21):
or else we are going.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
To send in law enforcement, just like we did during
the LA riots, just like we're doing here in Washington, DC.
And if they're not going to keep their citizens safe,
Donald Trump will keep them safe.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
The head of the police union in Washington, d C.
Has come forward with a shocking revelation that DC police
were ordered not to report violent crimes to keep the
crime figures low.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Absolutely. That's one of the chief complaints of our members
when we go around and talk to them, is that
they respond to the scenes of these violent crimes, and
inevitably you'll have a captain or a commander or something
tis a lieutenant show up on the scene and advise
them to take a report for a lesser offense.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
And a massive arrest. In Nasa County, Long Island, forty
two criminals, twenty of them known to be MS thirteen
gang members, are arrested. Police say the forty two are
directly responsible for a spike in crime in the city.
The message here today to those engaged in gang activity,
(02:28):
not in this county. If you're smart, you'll get.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
Out of town, because in Nasau County you're going to
be prosecuted, you're going.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
To be incarcerated, or you're going to be deported. That
was NASA County Executive Bruce Blakeman, and he is here
with us now live. Bruce, thank you so much for
joining us. NASA County Executive.
Speaker 5 (02:50):
Good morning, Larry, Good morning, a big day for you.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Tell us exactly what happened.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Well, this started about a week ago. We monitor activity
very closely here in Nassau County to make sure that
we do everything we can to eradicate gangs here in
Nassau County. So we saw a little spike in violence
and we saw more gang activities, so we became very proactive.
(03:19):
We put resources in the county to make sure that
the gangs knew that we were serious. We made forty
two arrests. Twenty five of those who arrested were illegal
migrants who had committed crimes here in New York State
and they are now either in our jail or they're
(03:40):
on their way back to their home country.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Did you do this then, well, I think you answered
the question with your last statement in that sentence, you
did this in cooperation with Ice.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
Well, actually this was a Nassau County Police Department initiative. However,
when we make an arrest, if we can hold that
individual in our jail on the crime that they're charged
with and they're not eligible for castless bail, then we
hold them. But if we can hold them because they're
(04:13):
crazy casts bail laws here in New York and they
are here illegally, then we notify ICE. They come pick
them up and get rid of them.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Wouldn't it be wonderful if they could do that across
the country. The fact that you were able to call
them and you know this is a violent criminal, and
they can come and just pick them up and they're
out of the country in just a couple of days.
It just makes so much sense. Bruce, You're doing it
the right way. You have to be frustrated when you
look at communities near you, like New York City, that
(04:47):
allow them back on the streets.
Speaker 5 (04:50):
Public officials are charged with a fiduciary responsibility to protect
their communities. I do not understand the thinking in Los Angeles, California, Illinois, Boston.
I think they're making a terrible mistake, and they're doing
a disservice and they're they're not upholding the oath of
(05:10):
the office that they took to keep their community safe.
There is no reason not to do this, and that's
why we have the safest county in America here in
Nassau County, because we are proactive. We do work with
our federal, state and local partners. We have a district
attorney in Anne Donnelly who's a serious law enforcement officer.
We've got a great police commission in pat Ryder, and
(05:32):
they do their job and we let them do their job.
And then when the federal government wants to come in
and help us, we don't slap their hand away. We
offer our hand and we work in partnership.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
What you did is a shining example of how it
should work, and I hope it makes national news because
it shames many cities like New York and Chicago and Boston,
how easy it should be to take these criminals off
the streets if you didn't have sanctuary cities. And I'm
sorry about the casualist fail. I'm sure they would have
(06:06):
been in jail for a long time. Talk about the
men that you the men and boys. I don't know
how old they were, but the men that you were
able to pick up, did they have a long rap sheet?
Speaker 5 (06:19):
Yeah. And one of the gang members that we picked up,
he is wanted for attempted murder. So we're talking about
really dangerous people. But one of the events that happened
was we had a young man who was he had
some cognitive issues and he was just an instant bystander
(06:41):
and he was mistaken for a Ganning member. He was
attacked with a machete. His arm was seriously injured, and
we caught the guys, and we're going to continue to
be vigilant. Listen, I don't care what community is in
Nassau County. It could be Roosevelt, it could be Rock
for Center, Kabe Oslin, doesn't matter to me. Every community
(07:03):
deserves to be safe. Every child deserves to be safe.
People are entitled to be able to walk in their
communities without having to worry about being attacked. And my
job is to keep every community in Nassau County safe.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Well, congratulations on this. It was a shining example, as
I said, as the way law enforcements should be taking
place in its embarrassment to everyone else in the country
with the sanctuary city laws that they can't do exactly
what you did. And with that, I just want to
change topics for a second, because I know you're dealing
with Hurricane Aaron and the outer bands of it. They're
(07:37):
going to whip up the coastline there. How are you
preparing for this?
Speaker 5 (07:42):
So we've been monitoring it very closely, Larry, and as
early as just fifteen minutes ago, I texted my parks
commissioner and my chief deputy, and I told them to
keep the beaches open, but no going in the ocean,
waiting in the ocean, of swimming in the ocean. We
(08:03):
want to keep people out of the ocean completely until
we can evaluate the situation because the rip currents are
supposed to be very deadly and we don't need somebody
to go out there and try to enjoy the day
by taking a dip in the ocean and getting swept
away and drowning. So we're going to keep the beaches
open because people want to go there. They want to picnic,
(08:25):
they want to go out and be closed to the ocean,
get some fresh air. Completely understand that. That's why I'm
not closing the beaches, but I am closing the ocean.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
I'm curious because all of us. Look, we have Ken Boone,
our meteorologist, we go online. Who do you turn to?
What is the service you turned to to find out
what's going to happen?
Speaker 5 (08:47):
Well, I have a variety of services. So our Office
of Emergency Management is charged with monitoring the situation. So
they get updates from the federal and state meteorologists. We
also monitor the National Weather Service, I monitor media, and
we take a blend of all those reports and try
(09:09):
to figure out what the best course of action is.
So we don't rely on just one source. But if
we have to say what is our official source, then
it would be the National Meteorological Service. I think that's
what they're called. That our Office of Emergency Management monitors
on a daily basis.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
I asked that question because you're talking about a very
specific area.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
What are you expecting, Well, we're expecting coastal erosion, high waves.
They say the waves could be as high as fourteen feet.
That's dangerous. So I think it's mostly erosion and rip
currents and high waves that we're concerned with. It looks
like right now that we are going to dodge a
hurricane aerin as far as any part of the hurricane
(09:50):
hitting us, So that's great news. But we monitor it
constantly throughout the day because you know it's nature a
hurricane turn on a moment's notice and go in a
direction that could be problematic, so we keep our eye
on it.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Wonderful Bruce blake MANASSA County Executive, Congratulations Sarah, great job.
Thanks for being here this morning. Guess what, after all
of this passes over the next couple of days, it's
going to be a beautiful weekend. Just keep thinking about that.
Just keep thinking about that, especially if you've got a
place down the shore for the weekend or you're heading
down there this weekend. It is expected to be nice
in our Big Three. Will you just heard Ken Boone
(00:22):
meteorologists talking about this Hurricane Aaron is still way off shore,
but that doesn't mean it's not going to hit North
Carolina hard with its outer bends, and there is a
mandatory evacuation order for the outer banks of North Carolina.
There's lineups of cars that you're going to see on
the news, and it's going to hit Long Island and
(00:43):
New Jersey tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Please please take this seriously, particularly push back on complacency,
on the human nature of gosh, it's beautiful outside, let's
get let's sneak a quick dip in the water. This
is not the week to do that.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Well, haven't seen him for a while. Governor of New Jersey,
thanks for making an appearance. A state of emergency has
been declared in New Jersey starting at two o'clock on Thursday,
that's when it's expected to hit us. The Justice Department
is warning sanctuary states and cities like New York and
New Jersey and Connecticut to comply with federal immigration laws
(01:21):
or else we are going.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
To send in law enforcement, just like we did during
the LA riots, just like we're doing here in Washington, DC.
And if they're not going to keep their citizens safe,
Donald Trump will keep them safe.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
The head of the police union in Washington, d C.
Has come forward with a shocking revelation that DC police
were ordered not to report violent crimes to keep the
crime figures low.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Absolutely. That's one of the chief complaints of our members
when we go around and talk to them, is that
they respond to the scenes of these violent crimes, and
inevitably you'll have a captain or a commander or something
tis a lieutenant show up on the scene and advise
them to take a report for a lesser offense.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
And a massive arrest. In Nasa County, Long Island, forty
two criminals, twenty of them known to be MS thirteen
gang members, are arrested. Police say the forty two are
directly responsible for a spike in crime in the city.
The message here today to those engaged in gang activity,
(02:28):
not in this county. If you're smart, you'll get.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
Out of town, because in Nasau County you're going to
be prosecuted, you're going.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
To be incarcerated, or you're going to be deported. That
was NASA County Executive Bruce Blakeman, and he is here
with us now live. Bruce, thank you so much for
joining us. NASA County Executive.
Speaker 5 (02:50):
Good morning, Larry, Good morning, a big day for you.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Tell us exactly what happened.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Well, this started about a week ago. We monitor activity
very closely here in Nassau County to make sure that
we do everything we can to eradicate gangs here in
Nassau County. So we saw a little spike in violence
and we saw more gang activities, so we became very proactive.
(03:19):
We put resources in the county to make sure that
the gangs knew that we were serious. We made forty
two arrests. Twenty five of those who arrested were illegal
migrants who had committed crimes here in New York State
and they are now either in our jail or they're
(03:40):
on their way back to their home country.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Did you do this then, well, I think you answered
the question with your last statement in that sentence, you
did this in cooperation with Ice.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
Well, actually this was a Nassau County Police Department initiative. However,
when we make an arrest, if we can hold that
individual in our jail on the crime that they're charged
with and they're not eligible for castless bail, then we
hold them. But if we can hold them because they're
(04:13):
crazy casts bail laws here in New York and they
are here illegally, then we notify ICE. They come pick
them up and get rid of them.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Wouldn't it be wonderful if they could do that across
the country. The fact that you were able to call
them and you know this is a violent criminal, and
they can come and just pick them up and they're
out of the country in just a couple of days.
It just makes so much sense. Bruce, You're doing it
the right way. You have to be frustrated when you
look at communities near you, like New York City, that
(04:47):
allow them back on the streets.
Speaker 5 (04:50):
Public officials are charged with a fiduciary responsibility to protect
their communities. I do not understand the thinking in Los Angeles, California, Illinois, Boston.
I think they're making a terrible mistake, and they're doing
a disservice and they're they're not upholding the oath of
(05:10):
the office that they took to keep their community safe.
There is no reason not to do this, and that's
why we have the safest county in America here in
Nassau County, because we are proactive. We do work with
our federal, state and local partners. We have a district
attorney in Anne Donnelly who's a serious law enforcement officer.
We've got a great police commission in pat Ryder, and
(05:32):
they do their job and we let them do their job.
And then when the federal government wants to come in
and help us, we don't slap their hand away. We
offer our hand and we work in partnership.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
What you did is a shining example of how it
should work, and I hope it makes national news because
it shames many cities like New York and Chicago and Boston,
how easy it should be to take these criminals off
the streets if you didn't have sanctuary cities. And I'm
sorry about the casualist fail. I'm sure they would have
(06:06):
been in jail for a long time. Talk about the
men that you the men and boys. I don't know
how old they were, but the men that you were
able to pick up, did they have a long rap sheet?
Speaker 5 (06:19):
Yeah. And one of the gang members that we picked up,
he is wanted for attempted murder. So we're talking about
really dangerous people. But one of the events that happened
was we had a young man who was he had
some cognitive issues and he was just an instant bystander
(06:41):
and he was mistaken for a Ganning member. He was
attacked with a machete. His arm was seriously injured, and
we caught the guys, and we're going to continue to
be vigilant. Listen, I don't care what community is in
Nassau County. It could be Roosevelt, it could be Rock
for Center, Kabe Oslin, doesn't matter to me. Every community
(07:03):
deserves to be safe. Every child deserves to be safe.
People are entitled to be able to walk in their
communities without having to worry about being attacked. And my
job is to keep every community in Nassau County safe.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Well, congratulations on this. It was a shining example, as
I said, as the way law enforcements should be taking
place in its embarrassment to everyone else in the country
with the sanctuary city laws that they can't do exactly
what you did. And with that, I just want to
change topics for a second, because I know you're dealing
with Hurricane Aaron and the outer bands of it. They're
(07:37):
going to whip up the coastline there. How are you
preparing for this?
Speaker 5 (07:42):
So we've been monitoring it very closely, Larry, and as
early as just fifteen minutes ago, I texted my parks
commissioner and my chief deputy, and I told them to
keep the beaches open, but no going in the ocean,
waiting in the ocean, of swimming in the ocean. We
(08:03):
want to keep people out of the ocean completely until
we can evaluate the situation because the rip currents are
supposed to be very deadly and we don't need somebody
to go out there and try to enjoy the day
by taking a dip in the ocean and getting swept
away and drowning. So we're going to keep the beaches
open because people want to go there. They want to picnic,
(08:25):
they want to go out and be closed to the ocean,
get some fresh air. Completely understand that. That's why I'm
not closing the beaches, but I am closing the ocean.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
I'm curious because all of us. Look, we have Ken Boone,
our meteorologist, we go online. Who do you turn to?
What is the service you turned to to find out
what's going to happen?
Speaker 5 (08:47):
Well, I have a variety of services. So our Office
of Emergency Management is charged with monitoring the situation. So
they get updates from the federal and state meteorologists. We
also monitor the National Weather Service, I monitor media, and
we take a blend of all those reports and try
(09:09):
to figure out what the best course of action is.
So we don't rely on just one source. But if
we have to say what is our official source, then
it would be the National Meteorological Service. I think that's
what they're called. That our Office of Emergency Management monitors
on a daily basis.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
I asked that question because you're talking about a very
specific area.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
What are you expecting, Well, we're expecting coastal erosion, high waves.
They say the waves could be as high as fourteen feet.
That's dangerous. So I think it's mostly erosion and rip
currents and high waves that we're concerned with. It looks
like right now that we are going to dodge a
hurricane aerin as far as any part of the hurricane
(09:50):
hitting us, So that's great news. But we monitor it
constantly throughout the day because you know it's nature a
hurricane turn on a moment's notice and go in a
direction that could be problematic, so we keep our eye
on it.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Wonderful Bruce blake MANASSA County Executive, Congratulations Sarah, great job.
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