{"id":54616,"date":"2025-11-28T11:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/54616\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T11:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:13:08","slug":"nassau-exec-bruce-blakeman-plans-a-wall-of-surveillance-at-nyc-border-after-mamdani-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/54616\/","title":{"rendered":"Nassau Exec Bruce Blakeman plans a wall of surveillance at NYC border after Mamdani win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce is gonna build a \u201cwall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/17\/us-news\/nassau-county-executive-bruce-blakeman-challenges-hochul-to-draw-line-as-dsa-pressures-her-to-back-zohran-mamdani-tax-hike\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is planning<\/a> to install high-tech surveillance along Long Island\u2019s border with New York City when Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani takes office.<\/p>\n<p>Blakeman \u2014 a Republican eyeing a run for the gubernatorial nomination in 2026 \u2014 told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/nyc-suburb-makes-major-security-move-city-border-after-mamdani-victory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fox News<\/a> in a recent interview that he\u2019s directing police and county workers to line Nassau\u2019s border with Queens with cameras, plate readers and facial recognition tech.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Blakeman said he will add security tech around the NYC border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are doing everything necessary to make sure that Nassau County is safe,\u201d Blakeman told the outlet, calling Mamdani\u2019s policies \u201cpro-criminal\u201d and \u201canti-American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The county executive\u2019s office hasn\u2019t disclosed a price tag for the bolstered border security but said he\u2019d fund the price tag for the gadgets through asset forfeitures.<\/p>\n<p>Blakeman, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/04\/us-news\/blakeman-poised-to-win-re-election-as-nassau-county-executive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a friend of President Trump<\/a> who won re-election as executive earlier this month, has run on pro-law and order policies and entered into an agreement to coordinate with federal immigration officials \u2014 in stark contrast to the sanctuary policies of other municipalities in the Empire State.<\/p>\n<p>Blakeman previously announced he will hire more cops and boost the county\u2019s existing and controversial collaboration with ICE as a reaction to the election victory of Mamdani, a democratic socialist who has made past statements critical of the police.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani is set to take office in January.  James Keivom<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur cops are doing a great job, and I\u2019m going to continue to give them the personnel and the resources, technology and equipment and training that will now allow them to combat any situation that would jeopardize the security and safety of our communities here in Nassau County,\u201d Blakeman told Fox.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Blakeman and Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/29\/us-news\/nassau-exec-bruce-blakeman-worries-mamdani-win-in-nyc-could-hurt-police-collaborations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">discussed preparing<\/a> for the incoming Mamdani administration, and noted that he was unsure how much intel the Nassau police department would continue to share with the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have information that\u2019s very sensitive,\u201d he said on Oct. 29. \u201cI\u2019m not sure that we want to share it with them, or if they\u2019ll share it with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those statements came before tough-on-crime NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch agreed to stay on after Mamdani took office.<\/p>\n<p>Blakeman previously said how a Mamdani administration might affect Nassau.  Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Blakeman referred The Post to the Fox interview and declined further comment on the surveillance wall.<\/p>\n<p>Nassau County Democrats, however, blasted Blakeman and accused him of wasting taxpayer money in a bid to get the president\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s ally, Rep. Elise Stefanik, remains the front-runner for the GOP nomination to run against Gov. Kathy Hochul over Blakeman.<\/p>\n<p>Blakeman previously announced he will hire more cops and boost the county\u2019s existing and controversial collaboration with ICE as a reaction to the election victory of Mamdani. Dennis A. Clark<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of governing, Blakeman is trying to turn Nassau County into a backdrop for his political ambitions with a stunt to get Donald Trump\u2019s attention \u2014 opposed to focusing on true public safety he\u2019s spending taxpayer dollars on high-tech theatrics rather than fixing our roads, investing in public services, or addressing the affordability crisis facing families across this county,\u201d state and Nassau County Democratic Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs also referred to Mamdani\u2019s visit to the White House, where he and Trump had a surprisingly chummy hangout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the question remains: when Donald Trump visits Nassau with his BFF, Mayor Mamdani, will Bruce let them in?\u201d Jacobs added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bruce is gonna build a \u201cwall.\u201d Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is planning to install high-tech surveillance along&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1626,776,57,774,9,11,10,122,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-54616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-bruce-blakeman","9":"tag-long-island","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-nassau-county","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-queens","16":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}