Bruce Blakeman was elected Nassau County Executive on November 2, 2021. Since taking office, his top priority has been protecting taxpayers and ensuring fiscal responsibility. He fulfilled his promise to eliminate $150 million in planned tax hikes from the previous administration and implemented financial policies that have earned Nassau County multiple credit rating upgrades from Wall Street. These upgrades save taxpayers money every time the County has issued bonds for the many road repaving, park improvement, and other infrastructure projects undertaken on Blakeman’s watch. Blakeman has taken a firm stance on public safety. With cashless bail laws and the national border crisis impacting Nassau County, he has sworn in hundreds of new law enforcement officers, increased police funding, and broken ground on a state-of-the-art police training village—all without raising taxes. He also launched Operation Overwatch, a roving police patrol unit designed to deter crime and ensure rapid response. As a result, Nassau County has seen improved response times and increased police presence. While crime has surged in New York City, major crime in Nassau has declined, helping make Nassau the safest county in America, according to U.S. News & World Report.As County Executive, Blakeman has taken decisive action against progressive policies he believes are harmful to Nassau residents. He signed an executive order ensuring Nassau will never become a sanctuary county. To combat South American gangs, crime rings, and migrants with criminal records who are wanted for crimes against residents, Blakeman has ordered the Nassau County Police Department to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest and deport these thugs.Mr. Blakeman continues to advocate for Nassau’s fair share of state funding, as reports indicate Long Island sends $14 billion more in taxpayer dollars to Albany than it receives in return. Most disturbingly, in recent years Nassau County school districts have faced the threat of State aid cuts and regionalization efforts while State lawmakers earmarked billions of taxpayer dollars for housing and legal aid services for migrants entering the nation illegally. County Executive Bruce Blakeman is no stranger to the fight for parental rights in education. He signed New York State’s first executive order to restore the rights of parents to send their children to school without masks. A champion for the rights of women and girls to compete in sporting events in female leagues without biological males bullying their way onto those teams, Bruce Blakeman signed the nation’s first executive order to protect women’s sports. In response to rising antisemitism, Blakeman organized the region’s largest pro-Israel rally, bringing over 6,000 people together to stand against terrorism. He also established a bipartisan Task Force to Combat Antisemitism on Long Island and, in 2024, signed the nation’s first law banning face masks in public spaces when used to conceal identities during hate-filled, violent protests. Blakeman has prioritized tackling the opioid epidemic by investing millions in prevention, education, enforcement, and recovery programs, making Nassau County a leader in the fight against addiction.Before serving as County Executive, Blakeman was a Hempstead Town Councilman from 2015 to 2021, where he consistently voted to cut property taxes and supported fiscally responsible budgets that earned the Town of Hempstead one of the highest credit ratings on Wall Street. He also championed ethics reforms, creating the Town’s first-ever Compliance Officer and appointing a former federal prosecutor as Town Attorney. As part of his commitment to fighting antisemitism, he passed landmark legislation ensuring the town does not do business with entities that boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel.Blakeman’s public service extends beyond elected office. He was appointed Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in the aftermath of 9/11, where he worked to enhance security at airports, bridges, tunnels, and other critical infrastructure. He has also served as Executive Director of the New York Police Chiefs Benevolent Association, a board member for Crime Stoppers and the New York COPS Foundation, and Deputy Counsel to the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Foundation. Throughout his career, he has remained a staunch supporter of law enforcement and public safety initiatives. During his tenure as Presiding Officer of the Nassau County Legislature, Blakeman reduced excessive government spending by $40 million and cut salaries for political appointees, even within his own party. He also prioritized preserving open space, revitalizing downtown business districts, and establishing Hewlett House, a life-saving breast cancer resource center. Beyond his government service, Blakeman is an attorney admitted to practice in federal and state courts, including the
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a podcast from wor Now the wr Saturday
Morning Show. Here's Larry Minty, Hello and welcome to Saturday Morning.
Did Kathy Hokel make a career ending mistake by endorsing
socialist Zorin? Mom, Donnie, Well, ask NASA County executive Bruce Blakeman.
Thank you so much, Bruce for joining us today. I
(00:23):
really appreciate your time. Kathy Hochel has come out and
endorsed Zorin. Mom, Donnie, my feeling is she might have
just lost reelection. How did you feel about it?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Well, I felt that it was a stab in the
back because Zohar Mondanami is a urrulent anti summite. He
is a communist. He wants to be the leader of
the greatest capital city in the world. Capitalism was founded
in New York City. It is the foundation of New
(00:55):
York City. It has created great prosperity. And and these
people who want communists and socialist values, point to one
country where it's worked, Point to one country that is
as free as America. It's anti American values that is
being spewed by that mayor candidate. He is a virulin
(01:17):
anti semi and we are disappointed and disgusted in Kathy
Hokeel endorsing such a candidate that is so far out
of the mainstream that it is just incomprehensible.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
So many other leading Democrats are reluctant and probably will
never endorse or in Mamdanni. Why do you think she
did well?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Unfortunately, she doesn't have the integrity of others. Those Democrats
that refuse to endorse Mandami, they have integrity, They stand
up for what they believe in. Governor Hokel has compitulated
to the lunatic left that she's allowed to take over
her party. They control her, She does whatever they tell
(02:02):
them to do. And it's a situation where unfortunately the
Democratic Party is no longer a party of working people
who have American values. It's being taken over by people
on the far far left who they spew all kinds
of rhetoric that is anti American. They spew rhetorics that
(02:25):
you would hear from the leaders of China, North Korea, Venezuela, Russia.
It's just unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
And yet he has supports, and yet right now he
will win this election, and he will be the mayor
of New York City. Unless you can tell me some
way he can be beaten. What does that say about
the Democratic Party?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Well, what it says about the Democratic Party is that
they are a party now that caters to the lunatic fringe,
That they are a party that has abandoned American values,
they have banded capitalism, which has been the greatest creator
of prosperity of any economic system ever invented in the world,
(03:08):
and that they allow anti Semites to be leaders in
their party. It's just unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
The guy that's running against you, Seth Coslow, is he
supporting mom, Donny?
Speaker 2 (03:20):
He won't say. He's trying to play both sides. Like
everything else he does, he talks out of both sides
of his mouth, says that he's pro law enforcement, but
at the same time he writes scholarly articles, if you
want to call it that, in law journals where he
says women make up stories about being raped because they
(03:41):
desire or fantasize about being raped. He's just an individual
who really doesn't have any moral compass in my view.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Those writings that you just talked about. This was the
first time I have heard about that. Is that a
brewing scandal in the race?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Well? Yeah, we're bringing it to people's attention because we
question his values, we question his judgment, and everything he's
done in his life has been to protect criminals. Yeah,
he served for a couple of years as a prosecutor,
but he probably did that to try and hone his
skills to get criminals off and to erase their criminal history,
(04:23):
which he brags about in advertisements. This guy has represented
criminals who have choked out women, kidnap children, and he
spews all of this anti victim rhetoric and pro criminal rhetoric.
And again, in some audience he pretends to be pro
(04:43):
law enforcement. In others he talks about criminals' rights. So
which is it. Are you going to be like me,
a leader who is very strong on law enforcement, who
wants to protect victims, who has the safest county in America,
who is hired six hundred police officers in the last
three years, or do you want to have somebody as
(05:05):
your leader who brags about getting criminals off and says
that women fantasize and desire to be raped.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Let me get your reaction to a couple of national
stories right now, especially the Jimmy Kimmel being taken off
the air indefinitely. It seems like the Democrats are rallying
around him. I'm not sure what their play is, except
that they're blaming Donald Trump. I don't think Donald Trump
had anything to do with Jimmy Kimmel being taken off
(05:32):
the air. I think it was his ratings and the
fact that he lied. Do you understand what's happening?
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head.
I think you have it down perfectly, Larry. The fact
of the matter is Donald J. Trump is way too
busy with many issues that are much more important than
Jimmy Kimmel, And to suggest that he had anything to
do with the firing, it's just ridiculous. You're absolutely right.
His ratings were tanking, and he says things that are
(06:01):
live on television on a regular basis, and he's not funny.
You know, that's the biggest sin of being a late
night talk show host that has a show that's supposed
to be predicated on making people feel good and happy
and being funny. He's not funny.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Let's talk about Charlie Kirk for a second, his impact
on the Republican Party and his impact on the nation
going forward. The death I think is going to inspire
a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Bruce, Well, it already has. You've seen that people have
been galvanized and they've gotten off the couch and they've
gotten into the game and they understand what's at stake
in America. What's at stake is that you have all
of our college campuses and many of our public schools
around America that don't teach children the values that we
(06:54):
were taught when we were growing up, American values, and
they take basically all kinds of information and they twist
it and turn it against America. Till now we've had
children growing up, going through the school system, going to
university who have heard about things that are not true,
(07:16):
and basically they've been indoctrinated. And Charlie Kirk was a
breath of fresh air because he had the courage to
go on to campuses and engage in peaceful dialogue with
people who disagreed with his opinions, and he was able
to articulate a different metaphor for what is going on
(07:37):
in the world. And I think that basically the plan
was to silence him because he was being incredibly effective
of being able to make sure that people heard the
other side of the story and not just what the
liberal woke professors indoctrinate our kids with each and every day.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
I agree with you. Bruce Blakeman, NASAY executive, Thanks so
much for being with us. This has been a podcast
from wor
This is a podcast from wor Now the wr Saturday
Morning Show. Here's Larry Minty, Hello and welcome to Saturday Morning.
Did Kathy Hokel make a career ending mistake by endorsing
socialist Zorin? Mom, Donnie, Well, ask NASA County executive Bruce Blakeman.
Thank you so much, Bruce for joining us today. I
(00:23):
really appreciate your time. Kathy Hochel has come out and
endorsed Zorin. Mom, Donnie, my feeling is she might have
just lost reelection. How did you feel about it?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Well, I felt that it was a stab in the
back because Zohar Mondanami is a urrulent anti summite. He
is a communist. He wants to be the leader of
the greatest capital city in the world. Capitalism was founded
in New York City. It is the foundation of New
(00:55):
York City. It has created great prosperity. And and these
people who want communists and socialist values, point to one
country where it's worked, Point to one country that is
as free as America. It's anti American values that is
being spewed by that mayor candidate. He is a virulin
(01:17):
anti semi and we are disappointed and disgusted in Kathy
Hokeel endorsing such a candidate that is so far out
of the mainstream that it is just incomprehensible.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
So many other leading Democrats are reluctant and probably will
never endorse or in Mamdanni. Why do you think she
did well?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Unfortunately, she doesn't have the integrity of others. Those Democrats
that refuse to endorse Mandami, they have integrity, They stand
up for what they believe in. Governor Hokel has compitulated
to the lunatic left that she's allowed to take over
her party. They control her, She does whatever they tell
(02:02):
them to do. And it's a situation where unfortunately the
Democratic Party is no longer a party of working people
who have American values. It's being taken over by people
on the far far left who they spew all kinds
of rhetoric that is anti American. They spew rhetorics that
(02:25):
you would hear from the leaders of China, North Korea, Venezuela, Russia.
It's just unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
And yet he has supports, and yet right now he
will win this election, and he will be the mayor
of New York City. Unless you can tell me some
way he can be beaten. What does that say about
the Democratic Party?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Well, what it says about the Democratic Party is that
they are a party now that caters to the lunatic fringe,
That they are a party that has abandoned American values,
they have banded capitalism, which has been the greatest creator
of prosperity of any economic system ever invented in the world,
(03:08):
and that they allow anti Semites to be leaders in
their party. It's just unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
The guy that's running against you, Seth Coslow, is he
supporting mom, Donny?
Speaker 2 (03:20):
He won't say. He's trying to play both sides. Like
everything else he does, he talks out of both sides
of his mouth, says that he's pro law enforcement, but
at the same time he writes scholarly articles, if you
want to call it that, in law journals where he
says women make up stories about being raped because they
(03:41):
desire or fantasize about being raped. He's just an individual
who really doesn't have any moral compass in my view.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Those writings that you just talked about. This was the
first time I have heard about that. Is that a
brewing scandal in the race?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Well? Yeah, we're bringing it to people's attention because we
question his values, we question his judgment, and everything he's
done in his life has been to protect criminals. Yeah,
he served for a couple of years as a prosecutor,
but he probably did that to try and hone his
skills to get criminals off and to erase their criminal history,
(04:23):
which he brags about in advertisements. This guy has represented
criminals who have choked out women, kidnap children, and he
spews all of this anti victim rhetoric and pro criminal rhetoric.
And again, in some audience he pretends to be pro
(04:43):
law enforcement. In others he talks about criminals' rights. So
which is it. Are you going to be like me,
a leader who is very strong on law enforcement, who
wants to protect victims, who has the safest county in America,
who is hired six hundred police officers in the last
three years, or do you want to have somebody as
(05:05):
your leader who brags about getting criminals off and says
that women fantasize and desire to be raped.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Let me get your reaction to a couple of national
stories right now, especially the Jimmy Kimmel being taken off
the air indefinitely. It seems like the Democrats are rallying
around him. I'm not sure what their play is, except
that they're blaming Donald Trump. I don't think Donald Trump
had anything to do with Jimmy Kimmel being taken off
(05:32):
the air. I think it was his ratings and the
fact that he lied. Do you understand what's happening?
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head.
I think you have it down perfectly, Larry. The fact
of the matter is Donald J. Trump is way too
busy with many issues that are much more important than
Jimmy Kimmel, And to suggest that he had anything to
do with the firing, it's just ridiculous. You're absolutely right.
His ratings were tanking, and he says things that are
(06:01):
live on television on a regular basis, and he's not funny.
You know, that's the biggest sin of being a late
night talk show host that has a show that's supposed
to be predicated on making people feel good and happy
and being funny. He's not funny.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Let's talk about Charlie Kirk for a second, his impact
on the Republican Party and his impact on the nation
going forward. The death I think is going to inspire
a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Bruce, Well, it already has. You've seen that people have
been galvanized and they've gotten off the couch and they've
gotten into the game and they understand what's at stake
in America. What's at stake is that you have all
of our college campuses and many of our public schools
around America that don't teach children the values that we
(06:54):
were taught when we were growing up, American values, and
they take basically all kinds of information and they twist
it and turn it against America. Till now we've had
children growing up, going through the school system, going to
university who have heard about things that are not true,
(07:16):
and basically they've been indoctrinated. And Charlie Kirk was a
breath of fresh air because he had the courage to
go on to campuses and engage in peaceful dialogue with
people who disagreed with his opinions, and he was able
to articulate a different metaphor for what is going on
(07:37):
in the world. And I think that basically the plan
was to silence him because he was being incredibly effective
of being able to make sure that people heard the
other side of the story and not just what the
liberal woke professors indoctrinate our kids with each and every day.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
I agree with you. Bruce Blakeman, NASAY executive, Thanks so
much for being with us. This has been a podcast
from wor
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